I just got a H&R Single Shot rifle in 35 Whelen. I also bought a box of Hornady Superformance ammo in 200 gr. SP. I got 63 pieces of brass along with it and a RCBS Sizing die. The factory ammo shot pretty good in the rifle. I put a cheap red dot on it and can hit near the bulls-eye at 50 yards. I tried to fire some handloads but none of them would fire. The primer had a smaller dent in it than the factory brass had. I only had 200 gr. Hornady round nose bullets and that's what I used in the handloads. The factory ammo has Hornady SP (spire point) bullets.
I asked a guy at a gun store what he thought about it and he thought that the sizing die was adjusted wrong and was making the shoulder of the case too short. The brass looks the same as the factory brass to me.
I put a couple of empty cases with the primers still in them in the rifle and the primers ignited easily.
I think it's the round nose bullets that are keeping the primers from going off and I bought a box of 200 gr. Hornady FTX bullets to try. Couldn't find 200 gr. SP bullets. I'm going to try them this weekend.
Thoughts..opinions?
I asked a guy at a gun store what he thought about it and he thought that the sizing die was adjusted wrong and was making the shoulder of the case too short. The brass looks the same as the factory brass to me.
I put a couple of empty cases with the primers still in them in the rifle and the primers ignited easily.
I think it's the round nose bullets that are keeping the primers from going off and I bought a box of 200 gr. Hornady FTX bullets to try. Couldn't find 200 gr. SP bullets. I'm going to try them this weekend.
Thoughts..opinions?