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Savage Axis II in .308
Round count is under 100.
All loads are the same bullet and same amount of powder.
I load everything that I shoot but here is the issue.
Why would one type of brass get stuck after being fired?
It loads smooth, I do not have to force the bolt down to load but I literally have to take a piece of wood to pound the bolt open with just one brand of brass, PPU .308.
Other brass loads and ejects fine.
I know the obvious answer is to not use the PPU brass and I'm okay with that but what would cause this?
 
Brass have any burrs on the outside when it comes out? Had a rifle do that once and the chamber had a burr on it. Once the case swelled from firing, the brass wouldn’t eject
 
Not that I see. I mean it's like 10 pieces of PPU, not just 1
 
Check for swelling at the base of the case. Do you have any pictures of the brass? Is the brass within specs.
 
Did you size all your brass the same way? Have you measured your fired brass shoulder versus your newly sized brass shoulder? Nothing wrong with PPU brass.
 
I do size it all the same.
My measurements with Federal is the same as the PPU.
I like the idea of soot, will try that the next chance I get but unfortunately that may be a few weeks.
 
I found some PPU 308 brass at the range several years ago. It had been used in a rifle with a fluted chamber. It sized nicely, and the loaded rounds chambered easily. They would not, however, eject easily in several different rifles. I have never figured out exactly why. I have used other 308 PPU brass from other sources with no problems.

I had a friend with a custom 30/06 built on a Remington 700 by a respected builder. He had a hard time ejecting Remington factory ammo. It did perfectly with Winchester and Federal factory ammo as well as with some of my reloads using Remington brass. He had to use a cleaning rod to get out the Remington factory rounds that he had bought.

I have no idea why both sets of cases did not work. Perhaps the brass was too soft to spring back enough to be extracted. I know my cases went into the recycle bucket.
 
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I_load_my_own said:
Not that I see. I mean it's like 10 pieces of PPU, not just 1
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Factory PPU does (did, I stopped shooting it) the same in my Rem 700 as does the Freedom Ammo. FGMM and some Winchesters I have no issues. I've polished my chamber and there are no scratches on the brass.
 
there was a recent discussion about PPU brass sticking in 44mag chambers. The consensus was that the brass is a little softer than most.
 
Any pressure signs? I believe PPU brass tends to be a little thicker and therefore lower capacity. A little over pressure maybe? Are you using BLC-2 at max levels?
 
JimB said:
there was a recent discussion about PPU brass sticking in 44mag chambers. The consensus was that the brass is a little softer than most.
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The only brass Id ever had issue with in 10mm was PPU.

No other caliber of PPU has been a problem... Im inclined to think that sometimes it may come down to how PPU's brass alloy plays with each application.

Id just pull the PPU brass out of rotation and see if something else could use it
 
Thank you all for the input, I had pretty much planned on junking the PPU.
@georgel, no chance of over pressure, I am still under the recommended starting load.
I am just punching holes on paper so I don't ever go much above the starting load.
 
I_load_my_own said:
am still under the recommended starting load.
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Just for jollies, try a few rounds about half way between starting load and max load. That may not seem to make much sense, but lots of things in loading seem not to make sense. I have had more problems with underpowered reloads than I have with overpowered reloads. Loading outside the recommended powder amounts often is not a very good idea.
 
Remington brass 7-98 would seize up every time in a IWI Lone Eagle, no other brand stuck. After research, and sending the brass to Douglas barrels, the head engineer was a friend, Rem brass was improperly annealed, thus too soft. It wasn’t springing back.
 
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