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<blockquote data-quote="Trickymissfit" data-source="post: 442049" data-attributes="member: 25383"><p>When I got my second T/C barrel there was a shortage of .222 brass, and you couldn't buy 50 pieces for a hundred dollars! I managed to find about 25 cases here and there in Winchester and Remington (all was used). I then noticed remington and Winchester .223 cases laying all over the ground at the range, and just ficked up about fifty cases, and brought it home. Took about six or eight cases and ran them thru an RCBS die till the datum line was about .0075" longer than the cases fired in that barrel. Then cut them off about .01" long. Deburred them and ran them thru my Forster sizing die. Everything was very tight in the Forster die as I remember. When I measured the necks they were big in diameter, and I shaved them to .244" (the chamber is .246"). Checked the head space, and it was very close. So I fireformed them, and they came out near perfect (the first two didn't due to too light of a load). Later I adjusted the RCBS die to where it left about .004" in the shoulders and then adjusted the Forster to where it was about .0015" longer. After that the cases came out near perfect (I shaved the necks after sizing them in the RCBS die to where they were about .248"/.250"). I made about 150 cases, and shot on them for about three or four years. Then my brother gave me 250 Norma cases (I have to look as they might even be Lapua) for Christmass!. I'm still actually shooting on that same lot of 150 cases made from .223 brass. I like the idea of the necks being on the fat side from the start, and then shaving them to fit the chamber. If it'd been a rifle I'd have cut them to about .245". Somewhere in my ever growing pile of reloading stuff is a shoulder bump die I made out of A-2, but have never used it as the .222 is really easy on case life.</p><p> </p><p>gary</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Trickymissfit, post: 442049, member: 25383"] When I got my second T/C barrel there was a shortage of .222 brass, and you couldn't buy 50 pieces for a hundred dollars! I managed to find about 25 cases here and there in Winchester and Remington (all was used). I then noticed remington and Winchester .223 cases laying all over the ground at the range, and just ficked up about fifty cases, and brought it home. Took about six or eight cases and ran them thru an RCBS die till the datum line was about .0075" longer than the cases fired in that barrel. Then cut them off about .01" long. Deburred them and ran them thru my Forster sizing die. Everything was very tight in the Forster die as I remember. When I measured the necks they were big in diameter, and I shaved them to .244" (the chamber is .246"). Checked the head space, and it was very close. So I fireformed them, and they came out near perfect (the first two didn't due to too light of a load). Later I adjusted the RCBS die to where it left about .004" in the shoulders and then adjusted the Forster to where it was about .0015" longer. After that the cases came out near perfect (I shaved the necks after sizing them in the RCBS die to where they were about .248"/.250"). I made about 150 cases, and shot on them for about three or four years. Then my brother gave me 250 Norma cases (I have to look as they might even be Lapua) for Christmass!. I'm still actually shooting on that same lot of 150 cases made from .223 brass. I like the idea of the necks being on the fat side from the start, and then shaving them to fit the chamber. If it'd been a rifle I'd have cut them to about .245". Somewhere in my ever growing pile of reloading stuff is a shoulder bump die I made out of A-2, but have never used it as the .222 is really easy on case life. gary [/QUOTE]
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