My Savage has a tight chamber as well (not a bad thing)
During my load development, I quickly realized my chamber was infact a "tight"
Once i realized what i was up against and wasnt all that content using a "mallet"...or a block of wood that of which was the only thing handy....I stop,d all R&D on my reloads and fired a factory load. took that case and mic,d it in 3 different positions. Then I mic,d my resized brass and sure enuff....my resizing die wasnt sizing them down to my Savage,s chamber. Making sure my dies were set up correctly and so on, I realized I either needed a match set of dies or a Full Lenght, small base. Id been using my Lee full lenght die that of which my Savage didnt care for so I simply set up my RCBS Full lenght Small base die and had at it....problem solv.d I look,d inside my chamber using a high quality high dif. snap on bore scope and she,s clean as a whistl....just a tight chamber that of which id rather have. I used the rcbs small base full length die and am smiling from ear to ear. I even tried using my collet die once I fired those up to see if id gain any accuracy but I didnt. I also found out that firing the collet sized brass was getting abit tight at extraction after about 3 firings and had to be resized again with the rcbs. I eventually gave up on the collet and have kept using the rcbs small base full lenght with no issues...non what so ever.
Buddy of mine purchased a model 10 fcp-sr and asked me what he need,d...I told him exactly what Im telling you......he,s never had problem with extractions...course...curiousity got the better of him and he too resized using his lee standard full lenght die and came to the same conclusion.....
Hope this helps......................good luck
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