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Belted Magnum Head Spacing
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<blockquote data-quote="Azrael" data-source="post: 1465361" data-attributes="member: 106296"><p>I've had issues with cases being tight above the belt; but for the most part they were man-made problems. The most common cause is using cases that were fired in a much larger chamber first. Depending on the vagaries of chambers and dies you might not be able to size to suit. A small base die will usually take care of those. As a side note, a .300 Win SB die with the stem removed will put the squeeze on all the shorter belted magnums of lesser caliber as well. One of these days I'll cut one in half to work on the larger and longer as well, but the Willis tool works on all of them.</p><p></p><p> The other instance is tight chambered barrels, reduced base reamers and head-spacing so short that the bolt wouldn't even come close to closing on a go-gauge. What a waste of time that turned out top be. However, while suffering through those mistakes for nothing, the SB die and Willis tool got a work-out. These days if I use either its for some sort of salvage operation.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Azrael, post: 1465361, member: 106296"] I've had issues with cases being tight above the belt; but for the most part they were man-made problems. The most common cause is using cases that were fired in a much larger chamber first. Depending on the vagaries of chambers and dies you might not be able to size to suit. A small base die will usually take care of those. As a side note, a .300 Win SB die with the stem removed will put the squeeze on all the shorter belted magnums of lesser caliber as well. One of these days I'll cut one in half to work on the larger and longer as well, but the Willis tool works on all of them. The other instance is tight chambered barrels, reduced base reamers and head-spacing so short that the bolt wouldn't even come close to closing on a go-gauge. What a waste of time that turned out top be. However, while suffering through those mistakes for nothing, the SB die and Willis tool got a work-out. These days if I use either its for some sort of salvage operation. [/QUOTE]
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