Home Forums Reloading Big Game Rifles Okay, I'm very confused. Have a question for you fine people...

Okay, have a .243 WSSM. Great little gun, shoots lights out, great on deer, blah blah blah.

However, my FL dies are confusing the heck out of me. When I full length size, the length of my resized case grows .002" compared to unsized cases. It's not that I'm pulling the shoulder forward when I pull the neck over the expander, becaause I tried without the expander in the die. The die is screwed down all the way to where it hits the shellholder before cam over. I'm at a loss.

The only thing I can figure is that my die is too deep to bump the shoulder back and in the process of sizing the brass I am reducing the diamter of the case and increasing the length.

Any ideas???

Also, I heard that there were some HS issues with these guns (Browning A Bolt II) when they first came out. I got this gun in 2004, so relatively early on. Could this be my issue???

Thanks for any help you can lend.

Jim