Powder Ignition Failure

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In the few 0000's rounds I have reloaded I have never heard of different powders producing that type of ignition problem, also if you are using lee collet dies which I have used and you do not set them up correctly they will not get the tension on the neck and the projie will drop into the case how do I know this because I did not set them up properly and the projie promptly fell into the case with the powder, the .323 is the correct size for the Lebel 1886. Even if there is insufficent obturation with a worn bore the powder should still ignite. The only rounds I have that have failed and that is 3 of them are the ones I forgot to put powder in by not visualizing and being distracted (6.5/284). Have any of you military experienced personnel suffered this type of fate with any reloading you have done ending up with a blocked bore and grey/yellow gunk in the chamber as it is a newie to me and I have loaded allot of 303 rounds with 4 different powders over the years and suffered none of that maybe its a French thing.
I mean there are so many variable reloading practices, powder storage and handling for a start anyway we will see what the wise ones come up with.........

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[bob q]

the .323 is the correct size for the Lebel 1886

Of the 26 rifles I have chambered in 8x50 Lebel , none have a .323 groove barrel . They all have .327 -.329 groove barrels . So a .323 bullet is too Small . Once you have reloaded 100,000's of round for 1000' of old military rifles you will see a lot of things . 303's rarely have a bunch of the problems I listed . When the op loaded for his 8 Lebel , he had most of them .