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Factory Ammo Round Does Not Chamber

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One round in a box of factory 260 Rem. ammo does not chamber in my Rem. 700. I am not able to put the bolt into full battery with the handle down. There is no visible damage or difference between it and the other rounds in the box which chamber just fine. I was wondering if anyone else has ever ran across this and what the likely cause is?
 
It's probably outside of 260 Rem dimensions.

Factory ammo QC is usually very good for this sort of thing, but very good can still have a problem here and there. What brand is it?

I have not had that exact problem, but a couple years ago (pre-pre-Obama) I did get a 50 round box of Winchester USA brand .223 Rem. One round wouldn't feed. That round turned out to be .222 Rem., properly headstamped and everything. Oops!
 
It was in a box of Remington Premier 120gr. Nosler Ballistic Tip ammo. I purchased two boxes in 2001. So this was one bad round in 40.
 
I did get a 50 round box of Winchester USA brand .223 Rem. One round wouldn't feed. That round turned out to be .222 Rem., properly headstamped and everything.
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I'd have a much easier time believing that you were the victim of some numbnut at the store you bought the ammo at rather than a factory error.

It's not impossible that the factory could have swapped a .222 into a .223 box but I'd bet on somebody at the store mixing the two.

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That's possible, Brian, but I think that box had been purchased from a Walmart and around here I don't often (ever?) see .222 Rem sold at Walmart. But this is about 5 years ago so I could be misremembering where I bought it, or maybe Walmart had more calibers back then.
 
I'd have a much easier time believing that you were the victim of some numbnut at the store you bought the ammo at rather than a factory error.

It's not impossible that the factory could have swapped a .222 into a .223 box but I'd bet on somebody at the store mixing the two.
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I found a piece of .222 brass in some .223 brass I bought. It was also Winchester. While brass and a loaded cartridge are a bit different, I don't have much faith in their QA.
 
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Well, it IS Winchester.

I'd rather shoot Eastern Block surplus than Winchester any day of the week. Better quality control and usually cleaner burning powder. The best ammo Winchester ever made was the Q3131A 556 NATO*.

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*Which was actually made by IMI and just sold under the Winchester brand.
 
I don't know about Winchester loaded ammo, but they're brass is much better than the stuff Remington sells.

Just put the out of spec ammo aside. Dies do get worn and require replacing. It's likely that the round in question slipped through QC. If it worries you, don't shoot any of the ammo. You can always pull bullets and powder, resize and reload.
 
Take a magic marker and mark the brass at the shoulder and for about 1/4 inch above the extractor groove. Then, when you try to chamber it, you should see a scuff mark where it is binding. Chances are, the shoulder is not back far enough.

Don
 
I bought some 44scl that had two rounds in the box of 50 that locked two revolvers up tight

The cause; no flasholes

Ive had a squib 22lr load stick a bullet in a single six


So yes bad factory ammo does happen
 
Ive had a squib 22lr load stick a bullet in a single six
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Had that happen in a S&W 357 - the bullet only made it 2" into the barrel; turns out there was no powder in there, just the primer. I'm absurdly lucky it was the 6th shot. This was factory, not reload; but it was so long ago i don't recall who made it.

OP- send it back to the manufacturer. Hopefully they'll send you some goodies.
 
We had a thread going a few months back about Winchester/Sellier-Bellot factory rifle rounds in various calibers that came complete with cracks in the necks of the new unfired cartridges,,,
 
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