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30-338 case forming (or necking down in general)
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<blockquote data-quote="TOM H" data-source="post: 94590" data-attributes="member: 306"><p>When turning necks you need a Forester pilot also good to use an expander ball that will push the brass to the outside of the neck. Sinclair sells expander ball for redding dies also handle the expander and die needed to turn necks. When you get to turn neck good thing get is an inside neck reamer. Alot of the 30-388 were chambered with a 308 norma mag reamer which gave a longer neck, body was something like .0002 longer and OAL case was 2.2559. Depending on how they set the headspace you wind up with a longer neck. My first 30-338 the guy used one of those reamers my next ones build I made sure the use a 30-338 reamer and case OAL was at 2.500. You can still buy 308 Norma mag brass it's pretty high dollar stuff but save you alot of work and trouble. Well good luck</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TOM H, post: 94590, member: 306"] When turning necks you need a Forester pilot also good to use an expander ball that will push the brass to the outside of the neck. Sinclair sells expander ball for redding dies also handle the expander and die needed to turn necks. When you get to turn neck good thing get is an inside neck reamer. Alot of the 30-388 were chambered with a 308 norma mag reamer which gave a longer neck, body was something like .0002 longer and OAL case was 2.2559. Depending on how they set the headspace you wind up with a longer neck. My first 30-338 the guy used one of those reamers my next ones build I made sure the use a 30-338 reamer and case OAL was at 2.500. You can still buy 308 Norma mag brass it's pretty high dollar stuff but save you alot of work and trouble. Well good luck [/QUOTE]
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