Quote Originally Posted by Davehafelein View Post
Found out why!

My local gunsmith (Jim at C&J Guns, Fraser, Michigan) was able to wrestle the bolt out. He found the brass case was oversize. I reload and this was the second time that case had been used. Since the first firing was in the same rifle, I did a neck resizing only. But just below the case shoulder, the diameter was oversized. From what I had been reading online, using a neck resizing was an acceptable practice and would reduce overworking the case by use of full length dies. Well, no more of that crap for me. Full size dies only!
I neck size for four shots and even on five I can close and open the bolt.