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    jjh1 replied to the thread 6.8 western from 7 SAUM brass.
    That will be nice!! Now if we can just get quality primers!! In 25 years of reloading I've never had a box of bad primers.
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    jjh1 replied to the thread 6.8 western from 7 SAUM brass.
    Well, after all of this it turns out I had bad primers they were brand new, remington 9-1/2. Switched to some cci primers and worked up...
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    jjh1 replied to the thread 6.8 western from 7 SAUM brass.
    Good points. There is a dimple where the primer was hit which baffles me, you'd think they would have fired
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    jjh1 reacted to Leaf Litter's post in the thread Making 6.8 Western Brass with Like Like.
    I agree with waspocrew, neck them up to 308 first then run through the 6.8W sizing die.
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    jjh1 replied to the thread 6.8 western from 7 SAUM brass.
    I used 52 gr of IMR4350 with 150 gr bullet. It's the very low end of the load data. I had the same thought you did, so I loaded one at...
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    jjh1 replied to the thread 6.8 Wester ADG Brass.
    Thank you so much for all of the info. I will measure the shoulder and check that. The fact that it won't snap into the bolt face and...
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    jjh1 replied to the thread 6.8 Wester ADG Brass.
    I appreciate it! So here goes, I bought ADG 7SAUM brass. Sized it and trimmed it. Wouldnt catch in the bolt face so I left the bullets...
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    jjh1 replied to the thread 6.8 western from 7 SAUM brass.
    I'm trying the same thing, can't get most round to fire even after removing extractor pin and seating bullets long so they are shoved...
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    jjh1 replied to the thread 6.8 Wester ADG Brass.
    I'm pretty new here but have been reloading for a long time. I'm having a hell of a time trying to fire form 7 saum. Wonder if I could...
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    jjh1 replied to the thread Making 6.8 Western Brass.
    Sure worth a try at this point. Have $150 in the 7 saum brass that I hate to waste. Thank you!
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    jjh1 replied to the thread Making 6.8 Western Brass.
    So life being what it is I just got around to finally trying to shoot the gun. I remove the extractor pin and left the bullet's long so...
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    jjh1 replied to the thread Making 6.8 Western Brass.
    That worked, thanks!
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    jjh1 replied to the thread Making 6.8 Western Brass.
    Thanks for the heads up. When I emailed them before I started building this gun they said they had no plans of producing it so that is...
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    jjh1 replied to the thread Making 6.8 Western Brass.
    Wow, so they got shorter after pushing the shoulder out....... Shoulder expanded and it pulled the neck back?
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    jjh1 replied to the thread Making 6.8 Western Brass.
    From what I'm seeing 7 saum starts out at 2.035 long and 6.8 western is to be trimmed at 2.020 so I'm curious how your brass is that...
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