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Something else that can happen to prevent a loaded round from chambering is trying to crimp the bullet.

RCBS dies, and possibly all others have a crimping shoulder in the neck of the seating die.

I don't have the instrunctions before me, but I believe you are supposed to back the die out from the shell holder about one turn, if you DO NOT want to crimp the bullet.

You can run into problems here. If the bullet does not have a cannalure, you can't crimp it into the case. What happens, if you have the seating die adjusted to crimp, and you try to crimp a bullet without a cannalure, you can put enough pressure on the case mouth to bulge the shoulder of the case, preventing it from chambering. The above might not be your problem, but it is something to keep in mind.

One thing you didn't mention. Is all of the brass you are trying to use been fired in your rifle, or has some of it been fired in other rifles? I have used cases that were fired in a rifle with such a large chamber that the sizing die would not size them down enough to fit other rifles. This is rare, but it can happen.

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nighthawk:
So, the problem was that it went in reverse when ya put it in 1st? laugh laugh
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