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Help getting sized 1x fired brass to fit in chamber
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<blockquote data-quote="WRG" data-source="post: 417432" data-attributes="member: 13638"><p>If your looking to produce the most accurate handloads in any caliber that uses the bottle neck case, it would be in your best interest to have one of Mr. Willis's headspace gage. Those caliper type gages are fine to some extent but they are no way accurate enough. Reason being is you have to rely on you yourself to have a consistent feel for the amount of pressure you use on each case. It's a feel thing with calipers!</p><p> </p><p>Mr. Willis's gage provides the exact same pressure each and every time and that is the only way you will produce consistent ammo from a case prep standpoint. The less you disturb the shoulder after firing it from your rifle the better off you are. I for one "DO NOT BUMP" the shoulder on any of my cases. I do infact load for 300 WM & 7MM Rem Mag and FL resize each time. </p><p> </p><p>That "neck sizing only" fad brought about by bench rest shooters is fading away as fast as it came. You will find a majority of BR shooter today have gone back to FL sizing but are also staying away from the shoulder. Why in the world would you want to reshape the shoulder of a case back to your die's demension? Todays factory made bolt rifles have more than enough HS at the bolt face than what is actually needed for safe firing. Unless the die was cut from the very same reamer your rifle barrel was made with, bumping the shoulder with a standard die is only adding to the problem the way I see it. Granted minute of deer for the average hunter is good enough, but someone like myself that looks for BR accuracy from my hunting firearms is only respecting my quarry. </p><p> </p><p>Get the gage, it will be one of the best investments you could make as far as reloading goes. I simply don't know how any handloader could set up a sizer die accurately without it.</p><p> </p><p>Just saying!</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>WRG</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="WRG, post: 417432, member: 13638"] If your looking to produce the most accurate handloads in any caliber that uses the bottle neck case, it would be in your best interest to have one of Mr. Willis's headspace gage. Those caliper type gages are fine to some extent but they are no way accurate enough. Reason being is you have to rely on you yourself to have a consistent feel for the amount of pressure you use on each case. It's a feel thing with calipers! Mr. Willis's gage provides the exact same pressure each and every time and that is the only way you will produce consistent ammo from a case prep standpoint. The less you disturb the shoulder after firing it from your rifle the better off you are. I for one "DO NOT BUMP" the shoulder on any of my cases. I do infact load for 300 WM & 7MM Rem Mag and FL resize each time. That "neck sizing only" fad brought about by bench rest shooters is fading away as fast as it came. You will find a majority of BR shooter today have gone back to FL sizing but are also staying away from the shoulder. Why in the world would you want to reshape the shoulder of a case back to your die's demension? Todays factory made bolt rifles have more than enough HS at the bolt face than what is actually needed for safe firing. Unless the die was cut from the very same reamer your rifle barrel was made with, bumping the shoulder with a standard die is only adding to the problem the way I see it. Granted minute of deer for the average hunter is good enough, but someone like myself that looks for BR accuracy from my hunting firearms is only respecting my quarry. Get the gage, it will be one of the best investments you could make as far as reloading goes. I simply don't know how any handloader could set up a sizer die accurately without it. Just saying! WRG [/QUOTE]
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