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What to do with fireforming shots?
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<blockquote data-quote="royinidaho" data-source="post: 263621" data-attributes="member: 2011"><p>There are a couple of ways to go about it.</p><p></p><p>One is the COW (Cream of Wheat/Corn Meal) method.</p><p></p><p>Put the "correct" of fast burning powder (Unique) for the cartridge, fill the case with Corn Meal, and seal with a ball of Tissue Paper.</p><p></p><p>For forming cases where the sides have been straightened and the shoulder moved out with a different angle the COW method will get you about 98 there.</p><p></p><p>For fire forming non wild cat cartridges it's probably 100% effective.</p><p></p><p>If used be careful with the ring of residue built up on the case mouth.</p><p></p><p>Also, no magnum primers and watch barrel head. It will heat rapidly.</p><p></p><p>What I now do is with a new batch of cases (50 or 100) I load the case with a fire forming load which is nothing more that a reduce normal load, bullet and all, and go hunting with them. In my rifle the fire forming load in no less accurate (coyote accurate) than the normal load, just a little slower.</p><p></p><p>My barrel has a limited life and I want to get as much out of it as I can.</p><p></p><p>HTH.....</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="royinidaho, post: 263621, member: 2011"] There are a couple of ways to go about it. One is the COW (Cream of Wheat/Corn Meal) method. Put the "correct" of fast burning powder (Unique) for the cartridge, fill the case with Corn Meal, and seal with a ball of Tissue Paper. For forming cases where the sides have been straightened and the shoulder moved out with a different angle the COW method will get you about 98 there. For fire forming non wild cat cartridges it's probably 100% effective. If used be careful with the ring of residue built up on the case mouth. Also, no magnum primers and watch barrel head. It will heat rapidly. What I now do is with a new batch of cases (50 or 100) I load the case with a fire forming load which is nothing more that a reduce normal load, bullet and all, and go hunting with them. In my rifle the fire forming load in no less accurate (coyote accurate) than the normal load, just a little slower. My barrel has a limited life and I want to get as much out of it as I can. HTH..... [/QUOTE]
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