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Funny. My Nosler manual shows 2.165 as the trim length and my 6.5x55 trim gauge only allows me to trim down to 6.5x55. I am going to retry the 42 grains of RL 22, adjust my OAL, and cut the case down to 2.157 and see what happens.

@ Float Point. The Hornady drawing is a factory load. Attached is drawing with the measurements of my reloaded measurements. @ Andrew. I only lube the outside of the case. I have not had a chance to try the chamber exercise yet. I am starting to think that case length is the problem. All of...

Primers are easy to seat but I am using a Lee Ram Prime. my bullets are .264. One thing to note. When I resize my brass with the full length die they come out longer than when they went in. They go in a 2.165 and come out at 2.70. But when I trim the case they are at spec. Could this bump the...

Hornady Brass.

M41, 1986 Military measurements. Fired and Unfired. Others to come soon.

I am using a digital Frankfort Arsenal Scale. I work in a lab. I brought my scale in and tested it against one of our very expensive lab scales. It was almost as good as the lab scale. Off by a a few thousandths here and there on the upper end of weight and dead on at the lower end.

I will have to try this. There is a gun smith near me that may have the tools to head space my gun. I will see if he can help as well.

Chamber is clean. I just cleaned it before going out. Funny thing is that after I shot my two reloaded rounds I shot two 1986 Military surplus rounds and two hornady super performance rounds. No sign of excessive pressure. I was going to get my gun head spaced but none of the gun smiths around...

Deer Season just ended and I can get back on the computer. @Float Pilot, my Mauser has all matching serial numbers. This week end I shot my Mauser again. Same load as previously mentioned 42 grains of RL-22 with a 140 grain Nosler. No primer blows this time. I fired two shots. One the primer was...

Thanks Andrew. I did do exactly what you said before reloading. I made a dummy round and blackened with a sharpie. For me to touch the lans the bullet is almost out of the case. So I seated the bullet between the OAL length of Mil ammo and maximum OAL. That came out to 3.1. At 3.1 Oal I have no...

Alright. Here are my measurements. The only difference between my reloads and the factory are the case length and OAL. But my case is spec with the reloading manuals.

Ha. The clutter is coming. I just built this bench and started to reload. Finding reloading supplies is difficult right now with all that is going on in Washington. I measure the factor rounds before they were shot and they were not the same measurement that the Lyman and Nosler book say...

The brass is once shot Hornady and I am using a Lee Full Length resizer. I do not have a neck resizer. Attached is a photo of my two presses. One for resize, depriming, and seating and the other for priming only with a Lee Ram Prime. Also attached is a photo of one of my reloads.

Will do. I have a newborn baby so loading time is limited.

But if I had excessive head spacing wouldn't that have showed up with commercial and military ammo?

Yeah I am pulling all of my bullets soon and measuring the powder charge again. Also I am going to slug my barrel and I might make a sulfur cast of my chamber. Then I will reload using 40grains of RL-22 instead of 42 grains. I did not want to go with 40 grains in the beginning because I am only...

Float Point, I loaded each round one at a time. The brass was size and trimmed to 2.165. I do not have away of measuring neck tension. I have a single stage LEE press with a Lee seating die. I followed the video on LEE's sight on how to use the seating die. There was no crimp just neck tension...

I was thinking the same thing. I have shot plenty commercial ammo and military ammo no problem. I am not sure what is going on. Before the primer blow it was shooting very accurate. I am also starting to question my OAL. I am at 3.1 the max is 3.150. Commercial Ammo is under 3.0 and the Military...

Thanks for the info. I set this load up 42.1 gn of RL-22 with the 140 Nosler Accubond. First shot was great no signs of pressure. Second Shot primer was a little deformed but nothing to get concerned about. Third Shot, Flat primer. Fourth Shot the Primer Blew out and gas vented out the...

Was the Nosler info for a Mauser for a Modern production rifle like a Tikka? My Nosler Manual does not specify between mausers and modern production rifles. My Lyman book does not even list RL-22 for the 6.5x55