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"right now the bolt closes 1/3 on a go gauge." If the bolt does not close on a go-gauge, no common factory produced ammunition would chamber in your rifle.
If the chamber is shorter than a go-gage length chamber the reloader is helpless; but there are a very few reloaders that do not get driven to the curb with this stuff. Again, I have .005" clearance between the case head and bolt face, I understand reloaders do not have a clue about what I am saying. I own 58 chamber reamers, when I cut a chamber I am in control, I have a choice of cutting the chamber go-gage length and I have a choice of cutting a short chamber, between a short chamber and a go-gage length I have 5 choices from .004", .003" .002" or .001". A minimum length length/full length sized case will chamber in all 5 chambers.