The Carcano single feeding is best done by placing the round on the follower (that spring that pushes the ammo up in the magazine) and then using the bolt to push it forward into the chamber. That way the cartridge rim comes up and slides in BEHIND the bolt's extractor (as it does when loading from the en-bloc clips), rather than having to snap over the rim if you put the round in the chamber and try to close the bolt on it. You risk breaking your extractor that way, and some of the resistance you are feeling trying to close the bolt is from trying to snap the extractor over the rim. New brass is the smallest dimensionally you should be able to normally achieve and should always fit in a chamber cut to the minimum tolerance. A standard full-length reloading die will push the body and shoulder back enough to chamber in MOST chambers, but a "tight" chamber (i.e. one closer to minimal tolerances) might not be large enough and the case won't feed properly (or at all). Reloading brass fired from a single gun should mean only a slight amount of re-sizing will be necessary for the brass to fit back in that same gun because the brass cannot expand larger than that gun's chamber dimension in the first place. If you can re-use brass in the same gun, reloaders often choose to neck-size only (i.e. just reduce the neck diameter enough to hold a bullet) to reduce the work hardening and stretching of the case over time. But reloading brass for use in a different gun of the same caliber generally requires full-length resizing and the resultant work-hardening and stretching of the brass. You may also find that for close tolerance chambers that full-length resizing is still not small enough and you will have to use a more specialized resizing die called a "small base die" that pushes the case dimensions closer to new.
Thanks for watching and the explanation. I took the rifles out to the range with unfired new brass. They all functioned properly. The original reloaded brass I had was "stretched out" enough to be stiff and even not allow the bolt to close on the range while loaded in a clip. The reloads were given to me, so I had no part in sizing them. Checked and compared with calipers, and yes, the shoulders were oversixex.
It might be possible to set the shoulders back slightly on your old brass by screwing the sizing due into the press a fraction of a turn farther. Presumably those cases were fired in a different rifle with a slightly longer chamber.
No, you can single load Carcano actions, just place the round on top of the follower (about where a clip would place a round) and use the bolt to push the cartridge into the chamber. This lets the case rim slide up and behind the bolt extractor eliminating the risk of breaking the extractor by forcing it to snap over a rim already in the chamber.
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The Carcano single feeding is best done by placing the round on the follower (that spring that pushes the ammo up in the magazine) and then using the bolt to push it forward into the chamber. That way the cartridge rim comes up and slides in BEHIND the bolt's extractor (as it does when loading from the en-bloc clips), rather than having to snap over the rim if you put the round in the chamber and try to close the bolt on it. You risk breaking your extractor that way, and some of the resistance you are feeling trying to close the bolt is from trying to snap the extractor over the rim.
New brass is the smallest dimensionally you should be able to normally achieve and should always fit in a chamber cut to the minimum tolerance. A standard full-length reloading die will push the body and shoulder back enough to chamber in MOST chambers, but a "tight" chamber (i.e. one closer to minimal tolerances) might not be large enough and the case won't feed properly (or at all). Reloading brass fired from a single gun should mean only a slight amount of re-sizing will be necessary for the brass to fit back in that same gun because the brass cannot expand larger than that gun's chamber dimension in the first place. If you can re-use brass in the same gun, reloaders often choose to neck-size only (i.e. just reduce the neck diameter enough to hold a bullet) to reduce the work hardening and stretching of the case over time. But reloading brass for use in a different gun of the same caliber generally requires full-length resizing and the resultant work-hardening and stretching of the brass.
You may also find that for close tolerance chambers that full-length resizing is still not small enough and you will have to use a more specialized resizing die called a "small base die" that pushes the case dimensions closer to new.
Thanks for watching and the explanation. I took the rifles out to the range with unfired new brass. They all functioned properly. The original reloaded brass I had was "stretched out" enough to be stiff and even not allow the bolt to close on the range while loaded in a clip. The reloads were given to me, so I had no part in sizing them. Checked and compared with calipers, and yes, the shoulders were oversixex.
Very informative well written
You cannot chamber a single round in that manner you will damage the extractor on the bolt
It might be possible to set the shoulders back slightly on your old brass by screwing the sizing due into the press a fraction of a turn farther. Presumably those cases were fired in a different rifle with a slightly longer chamber.
Yep. Screw the sizing die down just a tinch and resize . You'll be good to go .
Sentinel? It's pronounced sty-nail.
You cannot load a single shot without a loaded 6 round clip. You must have six rounda in a clip or use a single round adapter found on EBAY.
No, you can single load Carcano actions, just place the round on top of the follower (about where a clip would place a round) and use the bolt to push the cartridge into the chamber. This lets the case rim slide up and behind the bolt extractor eliminating the risk of breaking the extractor by forcing it to snap over a rim already in the chamber.