Gohstrider,
On reflection, there is another condition that may have caused your problem. If the fired cases needed to be trimmed to length and were not, if .318" bullets, having no cannelure, were seated to crimp, a bulge at the shoulder/body junction will form. I'm sorry I didn't think of this before, it is not something that is unique to converting IRS cases to IR. It happened to me in reloading fired RWS cases with Norma bullets. which had no cannelure. The original RWS bullets had a cannelure, into which the necks were crimped. The "fix" is to pull the bullets, empty the powder (remove decapper assy.), resize the case, trim case length to the "trim to" length, then reload. I couldn't see this condition in the photos, but you should be able to see it by the color the case /chamber it, or you should be able to feel such a bulge with your fingers. I agree the seller should "make it right", if for no other reason than to save future business. One of the lessons in this exercise is to have the gun "in hand" when you first load for it. The lessons learned will be worth more over the long run, than the troubles caused.
Mike
