The reformed .308s are terrific! No bulges, reduced neck sooting and a SIGNIFICANT improvement in accuracy.
But.
My range restricts to three in the weapon. The other range I joined has no such restriction, sooo...
I load round 4. Goes into the mag with some difficulty. 5 is a shoving match. 5 feeds, but 4 tends to lock up the spool. The last 3 are smooth as silk. This doesn't happen with new or resized .300 brass.
I see no obvious issues with the magazine. No debris etc. The cartridges are reformed. 308s, but are full length sized and match .300 brass externally. The o.a.l. with the 150 Hornady spire points is right at 2.6".
Any ideas as to what the cause might be?
Have you tried loading the first two rounds made with authentic .300 Savage brass followed by three reformed .308 cartridges? If that combo loading prevents jamming, I would suspect a hard to measure dimensional difference with the reformed .308 brass. Reforming new and/or a few other sources of .308 brass may be illuminating.
