Hmm... I don't understand what you are trying to do or why. The brass should chamber easily after resizing the neck, whether you bump the shoulder or not (unless you've reloaded the case a quite a few times without bumping the shoulder back). Regardless, there's no need to remove the firing pin or the ejector just to check how well it chambers. Questioning how well the bolt functions without the firing pin is kinda goofy to me, too, because there will be no tension on the entire bolt assembly. THere's just a bunch of semi loose parts slapped together... I guess the bolt will fit into the action and it could be slid forward and back and the handle could be lowered and raised again, but it won't feel right. it's just gonna slop around without purpose.
Maybe I am missing something, and someone else can chime in.
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