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<blockquote data-quote="elkaholic" data-source="post: 387762" data-attributes="member: 13833"><p>After all the discussion and recalling my own experiences with case sizing, I called Lonnie Hummel at Hornady Custom today and relayed the ultra and short mag case sticking problems. He was surprised and said that he personally has not heard the complaints but would ask some of his staff? He did say that the Ultra spec on the Hornady dies at the expansion ring was .548" which would be about right to fit a .550 chamber. When I told him about my, and others, problem he said the case was likely fire hardened and springing back to .550" even after 2 or 3 firings. He agreed that the magnum cases are worse for this than say '06 size. He also stated that the only real solution, if this was the case, was to order custom dies a couple of thou smaller. From our discussion, I felt that Hornady, and others, probably built there std. dies on the tight side because if someone had a "sloppy" chamber, you could end up with a ruptured case problem if they were sized down too far. I see safety written all over this one<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" />. Hope this helps everybody.....Rich</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="elkaholic, post: 387762, member: 13833"] After all the discussion and recalling my own experiences with case sizing, I called Lonnie Hummel at Hornady Custom today and relayed the ultra and short mag case sticking problems. He was surprised and said that he personally has not heard the complaints but would ask some of his staff? He did say that the Ultra spec on the Hornady dies at the expansion ring was .548" which would be about right to fit a .550 chamber. When I told him about my, and others, problem he said the case was likely fire hardened and springing back to .550" even after 2 or 3 firings. He agreed that the magnum cases are worse for this than say '06 size. He also stated that the only real solution, if this was the case, was to order custom dies a couple of thou smaller. From our discussion, I felt that Hornady, and others, probably built there std. dies on the tight side because if someone had a "sloppy" chamber, you could end up with a ruptured case problem if they were sized down too far. I see safety written all over this one:D. Hope this helps everybody.....Rich [/QUOTE]
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