I was firing my Garand single shot today and the temp was around 32F. The first 3 rounds worked fine and after that they wouldn't fit in the chamber. My first thought was that I'd forgotten to fully size these cases but it seemed odd that 3 consecutive rounds were fine and then 7 consecutive rounds stuck and could not be chambered. I suppose they might have gone in with some pressure but might have not ejected properly. So I get the gun home and it warms to room temp and just for fun before I resize these rounds I try one and it slides right in. It seems that the cold must have shrank the chamber enough so the rounds would not fit. This is odd since I thought the Garand was used successfully in Korea at much less than 32F. Maybe the force of the bolt shoves them in regardless of how cold it got?
Any thoughts?