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Are you crimping the bullet? Depending on the method, Over crimp could stress the unsupported parts of the case so could be a source of the tiny warping and possibly poor fit to some chambers.On closer examination I am seeing the tiniest little warping in the bottom 3rd of the case. !
I had over crimped some 45-70 and though they chambered and shot OK they looked a little weird.
I too recommend the candling of the cartridge then chambering in the problem rifle to see where the rub lies, Case or OAL.
Also, and something that may be if interest to; @Mikej ,I've been loading my 6.5X55 for a while now starting originally using some dirt cheap Privi partisans cartridges @jbett98 dug up for me. The ones that were fire formed in my extant 1896 Carl Gustafs Stads, Gevarfaktorl, (1917mfg) just would not chamber in my Tikka without much effort closing the bolt after the full resize. Maybe 3 out of ten would go in too tight to close the bolt. The rest just plain snug. Since I had only loaded the Yugoslavian stuff thus far and sold the old rifle to buy the new Tikka I never really resolved the issue. (The old gun shot very well and on target otherwise)
Odd thing though is I had shot a box of Norma in the old Swede but had not reloaded them until after the rifle was gone but all of those Norma's, finally reloaded, will chamber in my new Tikka without issue
The factory loaded Privi works OK in the Tikka so has five other brands of factory cartridges fire formed (in the Tikka) and then fully resized and reloaded, albeit none of the "other brands" were shot out of the old rifle except a few Norma's previously mentioned, so no help there. (Norma, Hansen, Remington, Hornady and Winchester)