If you cases are .581 and they are falling out I would say that you chamber is to large but then again I size my bullet to .518 so the case is going to be larger, I will check following sending this.
Most people seem to shoot the Smith Bullet and I knw a few people who have tried the Tennessee Mold bullet and found success. I do not know about Moose Molds.
I use a 50-70 die to resize mine every year or so,,, after being fired in a particular Maynard they are now sized for that Carbine. So you do not need to resize them over and over...
If you tubes do not fit you can try to resize them but they may give you issues afer being fired.
I resize mine every year or every other year and when one starts sticking I try to toss it in to a pile that I only use for individual matches, some folks toss them out or give them away.
BASICALLY: If the chamber is not "belled" larger near the rifling than at the base of the chamber and you have fired it a couple time you might not ever have to resize it and it will wear out before you have to. The flash hole gets to big and starts burning back in to the rifle. Then again some people keep shooting them and their flash holes just get bigger and bigger.
Like I said I need to go check mine cases and I am not skilled enough to check a Chamber,,, not sure how to do it, I just know I size mine to .518 and need a press to push the bullets in and my Model One Groups.
I had a Model Two that need to be sized to .515 because it had been relined by Hoyt and my tubes would stick a lot but that was solve with a little rubbing compound...
Just for your information: I load 24 grains in reduced tubes and have been shooting the same ones for about 17 years... I pull out the ones where the Flash Hole get larger than a Large Paper Clip and I shoot the thing a lot.
I have had to get the flash hole in the Rifle fixed twice.
ME? I would load the thing up with 24 grains, with a couple of bullets, and shoot it off the bench to see if it groups.
Then I would confirm my tubes go in and out with no problem because they should be sized to the chamber now.
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