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Excessive Headspace!
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<blockquote data-quote="J E Custom" data-source="post: 339263" data-attributes="member: 2736"><p>The amount of head space will vary depending on the rifles use.</p><p></p><p>I would recomend a max of .003 for factory rifles that only shoot factory ammo because it</p><p>varies in size and if you don,t reload brass is not a problem.</p><p></p><p>For the accuracy buff I will normally set head space less than .0015.</p><p></p><p>And for the belted cases I like .0005 to minimize brass stretch at the first firing.</p><p></p><p>As a general rule I would say that .001 to .003 is the best range for head space and then</p><p> minimum sizing of reloads.</p><p></p><p>The only thing I would recomend other than getting the head space issue resolved is to toss </p><p>the brass that you fired in it because with excessive head space case head separations</p><p>are common due to stretching the web area of the brass.</p><p></p><p>Hope this helps</p><p></p><p>J E CUSTOM</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="J E Custom, post: 339263, member: 2736"] The amount of head space will vary depending on the rifles use. I would recomend a max of .003 for factory rifles that only shoot factory ammo because it varies in size and if you don,t reload brass is not a problem. For the accuracy buff I will normally set head space less than .0015. And for the belted cases I like .0005 to minimize brass stretch at the first firing. As a general rule I would say that .001 to .003 is the best range for head space and then minimum sizing of reloads. The only thing I would recomend other than getting the head space issue resolved is to toss the brass that you fired in it because with excessive head space case head separations are common due to stretching the web area of the brass. Hope this helps J E CUSTOM [/QUOTE]
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