Wondering If I did something wrong

[38supPat]

Ok so I set up my Dillon for loading .308

Set the sizing die, powder dies, seating die and crimp die. Loaded a dummy round to see if it fits and functions in my Remington. It chambers fine, but won't extract. It's not stuck, it just won't get under the extractor claw. If I rotate the barrels up, the round comes sliding out, if I tilt the rifle back down, it slides nicely into the chamber. The rifle doesn't do this with factory loads, so what have I done wrong?

Pat

[D.Hayden]

Pat.. did you use a case gauge to set the sizer?

[38supPat]

No

[EricW]

Whose sizing die? Sounds like you need to back out the die a bit. You're pushing the shoulder too far back.

[D.Hayden]

I was wondering if you sized the case too small...

Do you have a case gauge?

[38supPat]

Not yet, looks like I'll be ordering one.

How do you set the die correctly on a Dillon so as not to push the shoulder back?

[D.Hayden]

Rifle dies... I set by adjusting the die down, until it gauges at the right place n the gauge.

There's a .003" area on the headstamp side, that it should fall in between.

[38supPat]

I've got a gage on order, but for now I backed the die off, then slowly turned it down until it touched the case Then I sized a case, checked it in the rifle, turned the die down a bit more and continued until the bolt closed with ease, then backed it off a quarter turn.