jeepguy

i tried a bit of advice that someone said they had the same problem with .223 ars, he said to take the decapper pin and move it all the way up and the resize, no biggy as i have the universal decapper also which i use before anything else (as i shoot .45s & .40s when i go out) tried a few cases this way and the bolt closes fine, took a spent case-no close and stuck! so this seems to be the case,as now it "overcams" at full stroke, im gonna go ahead and load 10 or so and make sure, but i think this has got it , thx DC

everything i use is lee,the full length dies,case trimmer setup,etc., i used the neck length resizer-deprimer first,decrimped primer pocket,used the length trimmer tools, full length resize,prime then i started using powder thru die,add bullet,seat,crimp it seems as there alot of "movement" in the press as oal`s vary by a few thous., im guessing that the resizer isnt going quite far enough down,i took a couple of spent rounds that i loaded and used the full length die- im getting about 1/4" or so that isnt getting resized judging by the line of case lube stoppage, should it truly go all the way down? thx for the paitence and help,DC

update - finally loaded about 100 rounds and head to the range, get there load up a mag, try to arm a round and no go-bcg wouldnt close all the way,missed by about 1/4",hard to eject(had to "pry" out bcg to remove round, tried another=same, tried new round(factory load) no prob, ive resized,decrimped,etc. using lee classic turret, put rounds into norinco m14=fine all shot no prob, came home and looked over setup-dies go to about the last 1/4" of shell, do full length dies go all the way? if so what am i doing wrong?thx DC

thanks for the replies, ive finally found a little something on my lee charts, it says max load of 48.? gr. so ive decided to start at 42, dont have a chrony yet,new to reloading as well as .308s lol! decided to get into reloading for this beast!

anyone got a good "recipe" for m80 ball using winchester 748? ive got 8#s of the stuff and lake city brass with 145-47 grain fmjbt milspec projectiles, ive searched allover and get confused more than helped lol, btw it will be firing from a sportsmans warehouse $800 bushy lr308 :) first post but been reading here for a bit, thx DC