Bad reloading decision

[cwbuff]

A friend of mine was not getting the accuracy he expected from his rifle. So he decided the bullet needed to be are larger diameter. He is lucky the rifle was not destroyed. In the pic, check out the normal case head on the right vs the "high pressure" case head on the left.
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[leftyo]

just how much bigger of a bullet did he use?

[randy langford]

I wouldn't think a round with a bullet very much larger than standard would even chamber. Have you personally examined the case in photo and one of his finished rounds, just wondering?

[mold maker]

Something fishy here.

[psteinmayer]

Why do the rims appear to be different size? Higher pressures will certainly bulge a case, but shouldn't increase in rim diameter. I think that photo is suspicious.

[cwbuff]

just how much bigger of a bullet did he use?

The standard bullet is .264, he used a .268. These are long bullets in 6.5mm

[cwbuff]

I wouldn't think a round with a bullet very much larger than standard would even chamber. Have you personally examined the case in photo and one of his finished rounds, just wondering?

I have the case, but don't recall the finished round.

[cwbuff]

Why do the rims appear to be different size? Higher pressures will certainly bulge a case, but shouldn't increase in rim diameter. I think that photo is suspicious.

The photo was done by standing a good and the bad case on my scanner. What you see is how that case was extracted from the rifle.

[joem]

A friend of mine was not getting the accuracy he expected from his rifle. So he decided the bullet needed to be are larger diameter. He is lucky the rifle was not destroyed. In the pic, check out the normal case head on the right vs the "high pressure" case head on the left.
pressure..jpg

It looks to me that the high pressure case on the left has clearer head stamps that the right. Is the image reversed as the one on the right looks like the head stamp is somewhat mashed.

[cwbuff]

It looks to me that the high pressure case on the left has clearer head stamps that the right. Is the image reversed as the one on the right looks like the head stamp is somewhat mashed.

The high pressure case is on the right, the normal case is on the left.