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Head spacing or sprung bolt???
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<blockquote data-quote="boomtube" data-source="post: 535768" data-attributes="member: 9215"><p>" if it ain't a head space problem then it is a sprung bolt,,,,that the bolt will let it have enough "slack" to cause this???? "</p><p> </p><p>Well, a 'sprung bolt' IS a head space problem as surely as a chamber that is bored to deeply; after all, the bolt face is simply the back of the chamber. </p><p> </p><p>No matter what causes it, excess chamber 'headspace' is a problem simply because it allows the brass to stretch too much. Actually, excess headspace means nothing to a reloader, or shouldn't, because we can easily adjust our FLsizer to match what ever the chamber is. But, if it's long and we insist on resizing to factory length each time we can get into a seperation situation very quickly.</p><p> </p><p>I can't see your rig or fired cases but I'd bet you are shoulving your case shoulders back too far and creating the slop that amounts to excess headspace no matter what that is. Easiest way to set an FL die properly is to have something like Hornady's case gage tools to use with your dial caliper; just set the die to move the sized shoulders back to, or a thou or so shorter than, the fired location and all will be well.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="boomtube, post: 535768, member: 9215"] " if it ain't a head space problem then it is a sprung bolt,,,,that the bolt will let it have enough "slack" to cause this???? " Well, a 'sprung bolt' IS a head space problem as surely as a chamber that is bored to deeply; after all, the bolt face is simply the back of the chamber. No matter what causes it, excess chamber 'headspace' is a problem simply because it allows the brass to stretch too much. Actually, excess headspace means nothing to a reloader, or shouldn't, because we can easily adjust our FLsizer to match what ever the chamber is. But, if it's long and we insist on resizing to factory length each time we can get into a seperation situation very quickly. I can't see your rig or fired cases but I'd bet you are shoulving your case shoulders back too far and creating the slop that amounts to excess headspace no matter what that is. Easiest way to set an FL die properly is to have something like Hornady's case gage tools to use with your dial caliper; just set the die to move the sized shoulders back to, or a thou or so shorter than, the fired location and all will be well. [/QUOTE]
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