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Reloading
super tight chamber??
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<blockquote data-quote="Innovative" data-source="post: 613296" data-attributes="member: 527"><p><strong>Quality handloads require measuring.</strong></p><p></p><p>It's best to not guess if your handloads will chamber. When belted magnum cases bulge, they can be measured with ordinary calipers. The shoulder clearance of your handloads can also be easily measured with the <strong>Digital Headspace Gauge</strong>.</p><p> </p><p>Even when you're loading for just ONE rifle, your cases usually bulge above the belt - sooner or later. This bulge doesn't happen in the chamber, and it <u>never</u> happens on the first firing. This case bulge happens during the reloading process because of a weakened area just above the web (solid part of the case).</p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 15px"><em>This is how it happens . . . . . </em></span></span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px">Factory belted ammo headspaces on the belt, and the shoulder gets blown forward .015" to .025" at the very <u>first</u> firing. That stretches, thins, and weakens belted cases far more than any non-belted case will ever experience. After that, the cumulative wear from reloading (pushing downward on the case) eventually causes a bulge at the weakest place - just above the belt. </span></span></span></span></p><p> </p><p>Unlike factory ammo, handloads MUST headspace on the shoulder.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Innovative, post: 613296, member: 527"] [b]Quality handloads require measuring.[/b] It's best to not guess if your handloads will chamber. When belted magnum cases bulge, they can be measured with ordinary calipers. The shoulder clearance of your handloads can also be easily measured with the [B]Digital Headspace Gauge[/B]. Even when you're loading for just ONE rifle, your cases usually bulge above the belt - sooner or later. This bulge doesn't happen in the chamber, and it [U]never[/U] happens on the first firing. This case bulge happens during the reloading process because of a weakened area just above the web (solid part of the case). [COLOR=black][FONT=Arial][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=4][I]This is how it happens . . . . . [/I][/SIZE][/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Arial][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2]Factory belted ammo headspaces on the belt, and the shoulder gets blown forward .015" to .025" at the very [U]first[/U] firing. That stretches, thins, and weakens belted cases far more than any non-belted case will ever experience. After that, the cumulative wear from reloading (pushing downward on the case) eventually causes a bulge at the weakest place - just above the belt. [/SIZE][/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR] Unlike factory ammo, handloads MUST headspace on the shoulder. [/QUOTE]
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