I spoke to Hornady yesterday and followed up with Forster today because I was skeptical about Hornady's solution. The Tech Rep asked me if I set the press to cam over and my reply was "no the die just touches the shell holder and I do not see any cam over in the press". He indicated I needed to adjust the die down slightly which I did while he waited. This made things better where the sized brass would chamber but I was still skeptical. Forster tech support verified this solution with the following: Thanks for contacting us about this, there is no issue with putting some cam over in the press. If you have tight cut die and a tightly chambered rifle it might take this additional 1/4 turn to remove any slack in the linkage and float from the die. Often the ability for a case to chamber easily or not is the matter of a couple thousandths of an inch, this can usually be found within the press. This makes me a believer but I am going to wait on a case gage to do the final adjustment. I have not experienced this issue with any other dies and the co ax press so that was the basis for questioning Hornady' solution.
Fired brass and sized brass measure from 1.490 to 1.495. Looking at the SAMMI cartridge/chamber specs these are long but will still chamber. What would be the max length and trim-to length? Diameters seem to be in spec so it almost has to be a shoulder bump problem but I need the gage.
Fired brass and sized brass measure from 1.490 to 1.495. Looking at the SAMMI cartridge/chamber specs these are long but will still chamber. What would be the max length and trim-to length? Diameters seem to be in spec so it almost has to be a shoulder bump problem but I need the gage.