Originally Posted by Troutcreeks
New to neck sizing.

I re-barreled a Mex Mauser to 250 Savage with minimum headspace. The first 5 pieces of brass I used to check fire function I then neck sized. They chambered, without bullets, fine. They were a bit tight trying to extract however and didn't really pop loose until the bolt bevel hit the receiver extraction cam. They look fine with no discernible markings . Full length sized and unfired brass worked as expected.

Is this usual with neck sized brass?

Thanks


So, you're playing with empty brass to check fit, feeding, etc? You have three batches of said empty brass:
1) full-length sized
2) unsized
3) neck sized

#1 and 2 seem to be fine.
#3 is messed up.

If you are using a separate neck-sizing die, then it is out of alignment making either crooked necks or crooked bodies, thus causing a "tighter" fit than you started with.

Possibly its expander ball is much too large and is making the necks too fat upon withdrawal. Try the neck sizing without any expander ball at all, and see if those cases fit well.