.223 brass sizing issues

[Luke Duke]

The linear lines sound like the HK (?) chamber, or whoever made that pressure-relief chamber. Look in the chamber with a bright ligh and see if it's smooth or has ridges.

Exactly what it looks like

 

[Nevada Ed]

Rounds will fit and fire. Can't rechamber a spent round though, bolt won't close. Same with my reloads. After forcibly resizing them they will chamber and fire. Again, with odd linear burn marks down the neck and shoulder

Your chamber is too big !!

Send it back to the company to get fixed or sell it.

 

[243winxb]

When a fired case will not go back in the chamber, the chamber is oval or bolt face is not square to the chamber.
TEST- put an index mark on the case head. Fire. Try putting back in chamber the same way it came out.
Next turn it 90 degrees, try to put back in chamber.

Try different ammo. If the problem still exists, small base dies may fix it.

Other wise ,contact factory.

 

[Luke Duke]

Your chamber is too big !!

Send it back to the company to get fixed or sell it.

Can't sell it and make it somebody else's issue, that's not right. I've contacted Ruger. This is a brand-new rifle. Seems like quality control is lacking everywhere. Most defiantly a bad chamber. Just a huge PITA. Seems like it's hard to get something right anymore. You read about people getting Lemons from S&W, Ruger, Savage. Last year I bought my son a new savage 110 .243 with all the bells and whistles and it was the biggest ***! I'm about ready to give up on Buying New guns anymore. Or buying guns in general. Just keep what Ive got that I now shoot right

 

[Cdog]

Ruger has an excellent service department. One phone call with the serial number at hand and they'll will want to see it. I've always had quick turnaround time from Ruger. I'd recommend waiting until after the new year to send it.

QC ain't what it should be today. It's how the manufacturer takes care of those of us buying the lemons that matters most.

 

[Imissedagain]

Never let poor quality control win.... especially if their warranty department has a great reputation.
Stuff happens.

S&W took care of our 460/3.5" when the cylinder stop and trigger broke after firing two rounds of Hornady's 200gr FTXs and got it back expeditiously.

A broken trigger spring in our Blackhawk 45 convertible, back around '81, and the Smith I spoke with said he'd send a bunch out as it's an easy fix.
We had a long conversation about his smithing job, our guitar/gunstock work, fishing the Keys and I said it might be shaving a bit of lead as well.

When I told him I was fibbing about the lead, he said he'd make it shoot great but no trigger job.
I dropped some 1911 slabs into the box and off it went.
Came back right quick with his 50yd offhand target.
Impressive to say the least.

Good that you'd never sell a problematic firearm to anyone.
Didn't sit well with me when I received one not long ago.
Stuff happens.

 

[STORMINORMAN]

Can't sell it and make it somebody else's issue, that's not right. I've contacted Ruger. This is a brand-new rifle. Seems like quality control is lacking everywhere. Most defiantly a bad chamber. Just a huge PITA. Seems like it's hard to get something right anymore. You read about people getting Lemons from S&W, Ruger, Savage. Last year I bought my son a new savage 110 .243 with all the bells and whistles and it was the biggest ***! I'm about ready to give up on Buying New guns anymore. Or buying guns in general. Just keep what Ive got that I now shoot right

Can't really disagree with anything after the 1st sentence as it is your feeling right now...

Can most heartily agree with your 1st sentence! Good for you! Once the issue is resolved to your satisfaction, other ethical avenues may evolve?

Cheers!

 

[Luke Duke]

Oh, forgot to mention the crown on the barrel is deplorable. After shooting factory ammo and my reloads (about 150 test loads) 62gr and 75gr bullets with IMR 4895, BLC-2 even tried IMR4064. I couldn't get better than 1" groups at 50 yards. Most loads and factory hoovered around the 2.5 3-inch groups at 50 What a huge waste of precious primers and powder a Lee FL die and my time and fuel to drive out to the upper desert to shoot. Just can't waste primers and powder.

 

[ReloadforFun]

The crown is important.

It sounds more and more that it should go back to the factory.

 

[Luke Duke]

Contacted Ruger. Explained what we were discussing here, and they said to most defiantly to send gun back for evaluation. Sending it out after Christmas.

 

[gregintenn]

I hope you didn’t tell them you were shooting reloaded ammo. I’ve been told that many companies use that as an out for not doing warranty work.

I think I read once that Ruger was putting out something like a million guns a year. If that is so, you know a mistake is going to get out the door sooner or later.

Good luck!

 

[Luke Duke]

Just a update on this Ruger. Sent it back and they replaced the barrel. Said the chamber was way out of spec. Great customer service.

 

[dla]

Thanks for all the information. All my brass was new W-W .223 trimmed to spec before reloading. My Dies are RCBS FL dies. Had a Lee 4 die set. Stuck brass in the FL die so bad I couldn't get it out. It's been really hard to find an acceptable load. Linear burns down the brass. I'm leaning towards an out of spec chamber. I've been reloading since I was 15 and am now 53. I've never encountered this problem. This Ruger is a magazine fed bolt gun so COL is determined by what fits in the magazine

Ok, so you are "neck sizing" by using your full-length sizing die turned way out - right? If so, then you are likely FL-sizing more than you think. Remember, when you squeeze the brass down during sizing it causes the case length to grow - which necessitates trimming. Brass that is too long is the most common cause of stiff bolt closure.

The streak on the neck is a red herring.

By the way, if you use a real collet-style neck size die, it will not set the shoulder back.

It is very common to have to trim new brass after one firing and full-length resizing..