Reloaded shell issues

[Heredoggydoggy]

Go to the hardware store and buy a 1/4-20 tap and a #7 drill bit.  A 1/4-20 bolt and some washers larger than the shell diameter or a socket, and that's all you need.  grabbing the shell with a pair of pliers or vise grips won't work. don't even try!

[snowshoes22]

I used one to extract a shell from a chamber on a savage 110 i bought from a gunshow one time.  I took it home and cleaned it and when i test fired it the shell casing wouldn't eject.  I tried to punch it out with a rod but it blew out the primer pocket.  the case remover worked great.  I sold the gun.   wish i would have kept the action for a custom build. 

[marlin]

Usually I find that if a reloaded shell is hard to chamber in a rifle it is because the brass needs to be trimmed.. i use the lee case length guages and lock stud/cutter with my power drill. Trim your brass and full length size every time I bet you wont have that problem anymore.. I find that seating depth only really effects feeding out of a magazine if its too long. I also seat to the cannelure.. works for me. if it doesnt have a cannelure than I either seat to minimum OAL or just make sure it will feed in a magazine.

[Heredoggydoggy]

Usually I find that if a reloaded shell is hard to chamber in a rifle it is because the brass needs to be trimmed.. i use the lee case length guages and lock stud/cutter with my power drill. Trim your brass and full length size every time I bet you wont have that problem anymore.. I find that seating depth only really effects feeding out of a magazine if its too long. I also seat to the cannelure.. works for me. if it doesnt have a cannelure than I either seat to minimum OAL or just make sure it will feed in a magazine.

Also make sure the bullet isn't seated out so far that it touches the rifling when it's chambered, or excessive pressures will build.  There has to be a bit of "jump" between the bullet and rifling to maintain the acceptable amount of pressure in a load.