One shot Paul
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I just finished my first batch of reloads for my AR-15 -223. The upper is an new Armalite with 100 to 150 rounds down the tube. This is what is happening. I went out coyote hunting, loaded mag and feed one in the chamber. Finished stand and did not fire the gun. Went to take bullet out of chamber and I have to pull with a lot of force to get the round out. Around the shoulder of the case is a couple dents and a scratch. These are once fired 5.56 brass with hornady 55 GR Vmax bullets. I took the gun to local gunsmith, he disassembled the gun and said nothing is wrong with the gun. He took one of my reloads and measured the round and said the overall length is within specs. He said my brass is military brass and I should stick with head stamped 223 brass. I bought a new box of hornady superformance factory loads and they go thru the gun with no problems. I have shot some of my reloads thru the gun but when I manually unload an unfired round it comes out extremely hard. My son has a Remington R-15 he can shoot my reloads with no problems. His gun has about 2500 rounds thru it. Could this be a sizing die issue? I have never reloaded before this batch of 200 rounds. I set the die according to the instructions.
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