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<blockquote data-quote="green 788" data-source="post: 647376" data-attributes="member: 3781"><p>I ran some of my cases through the FL dies I have (Lyman) and checked the size of the fired Hornady cases before and after...</p><p></p><p>On my Hornady cases, the area where you colored the case with a sharpie and the marker rubbed off on one side, that area on my brass is reducing by .001" to .002", going from .584" to .583" or .582"... </p><p></p><p>Small base dies would reach farther toward the case head than the marker rub you see in your pictures... but the area that shows the rub mark in your photo can still be reached with standard FL dies--at least my Lyman dies seem to reach it...</p><p></p><p>Small base dies would be used for lever actions or semi-auto rifles, or single shot rifles... this makes them easier to feed. Sierra recommends against using SB dies, except as a last resort, as it's overly hard on the case life.</p><p></p><p>All of this said... your fired cases should be re-chambering without any re-sizing. The fact that they are not says that the brass has stretched.</p><p></p><p>I think the Lapua brass will solve your problem. Pretty much everywhere you look on the www regarding the Savage .338LM and brass issues, switching to Lapua cases made the problem go away.</p><p></p><p>But you're like me, you're still going to want to get some use out of the Hornady cases. so they'll need to be trimmed to the correct length (3.715"), and FL sized all the way down to the area that you see has rubbed. </p><p></p><p>If you're sure you can't get the cases to run any farther up into the die (you've screwed the die down in small increments until the press <em>won't</em> cam over, then screwed it back out *just enough* to let the press cam over... then that's all you can do. Other brands of reloading dies might give you just a tiny bit more sizing... shouldn't need more than .001" to .002" max at that smudged area shown in your photograph and all should fit.</p><p></p><p>People will buy your used Hornady cases if you can't find a way to make them work...</p><p></p><p>Good luck. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>Dan</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="green 788, post: 647376, member: 3781"] I ran some of my cases through the FL dies I have (Lyman) and checked the size of the fired Hornady cases before and after... On my Hornady cases, the area where you colored the case with a sharpie and the marker rubbed off on one side, that area on my brass is reducing by .001" to .002", going from .584" to .583" or .582"... Small base dies would reach farther toward the case head than the marker rub you see in your pictures... but the area that shows the rub mark in your photo can still be reached with standard FL dies--at least my Lyman dies seem to reach it... Small base dies would be used for lever actions or semi-auto rifles, or single shot rifles... this makes them easier to feed. Sierra recommends against using SB dies, except as a last resort, as it's overly hard on the case life. All of this said... your fired cases should be re-chambering without any re-sizing. The fact that they are not says that the brass has stretched. I think the Lapua brass will solve your problem. Pretty much everywhere you look on the www regarding the Savage .338LM and brass issues, switching to Lapua cases made the problem go away. But you're like me, you're still going to want to get some use out of the Hornady cases. so they'll need to be trimmed to the correct length (3.715"), and FL sized all the way down to the area that you see has rubbed. If you're sure you can't get the cases to run any farther up into the die (you've screwed the die down in small increments until the press [i]won't[/i] cam over, then screwed it back out *just enough* to let the press cam over... then that's all you can do. Other brands of reloading dies might give you just a tiny bit more sizing... shouldn't need more than .001" to .002" max at that smudged area shown in your photograph and all should fit. People will buy your used Hornady cases if you can't find a way to make them work... Good luck. :) Dan [/QUOTE]
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