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Reloading
Very strange problem with my brass.
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<blockquote data-quote="Frog4aday" data-source="post: 1752107" data-attributes="member: 9308"><p>I may have missed it (very thorough write up, by the way!) but I don't see that you TRIMMED these cases at any point in the process. And since they are going in a lever action, I'm assuming you are CRIMPING at the end. Unequal case lengths combined with crimping will leave you with some variations at the end of your reloading process (some tightly crimped rounds, some less so, and some crimped then 'bulged' slightly as the brass is too long and gets forced into the crimp die more than desired.) </p><p></p><p>I'm just speculating here but you were asking for thoughts/suggestions. I would suggest TRIMMING all cases to equal length and trying again. For what it is worth, I like the LEE Cutter & Lock Stud with the LEE Case Length Gauge system for trimming cases. They will all come out exactly the same length and 'square' to cartridge head.</p><p><a href="https://leeprecision.com/cutter-lock-stud.html" target="_blank">https://leeprecision.com/cutter-lock-stud.html</a></p><p></p><p>It's frustrating when your process worked fine before and now doesn't seem to be producing the same results.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Frog4aday, post: 1752107, member: 9308"] I may have missed it (very thorough write up, by the way!) but I don't see that you TRIMMED these cases at any point in the process. And since they are going in a lever action, I'm assuming you are CRIMPING at the end. Unequal case lengths combined with crimping will leave you with some variations at the end of your reloading process (some tightly crimped rounds, some less so, and some crimped then 'bulged' slightly as the brass is too long and gets forced into the crimp die more than desired.) I'm just speculating here but you were asking for thoughts/suggestions. I would suggest TRIMMING all cases to equal length and trying again. For what it is worth, I like the LEE Cutter & Lock Stud with the LEE Case Length Gauge system for trimming cases. They will all come out exactly the same length and 'square' to cartridge head. [URL]https://leeprecision.com/cutter-lock-stud.html[/URL] It's frustrating when your process worked fine before and now doesn't seem to be producing the same results. [/QUOTE]
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