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Reloading
Brass issue
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<blockquote data-quote="Kevin Thomas" data-source="post: 555528" data-attributes="member: 15748"><p>NCBoy,</p><p> </p><p>No offense intended here, but the 6.5x300 Wby is a poor choice for someone who's relatively new to reloading. Wildcatting, at least where most cartridges are concerned, is getting into advanced handloading. You'll run into problems (like this) that are much less common with standard cartridges. Add to this the belted case, and the extremely low expansion ratio ofthis cartridge and you've got a very touchy combination. </p><p> </p><p>From what you've said here, this sounds like simply a case of dies being improperly adjusted, and creating a headspace problem. This, in turn, leads to the case headspacing on the belt, allowing the shoulder to move too much upon firing and inevitably creating a stretched weak spot that will result in a head separation. I would suggest 1) checking the existing brass to see if the other cases are already exhibiting this stretched area ahead of the web, and 2) adjusting the dies to where they're setting the headspace off the shoulder, as they should. This should keep this from happening again, but you may need to form some new cases. Yeah, another feature that simply goes with wildcats like the 6.5x300 Wby. Hope this helps, and let us know if you have any other questions.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kevin Thomas, post: 555528, member: 15748"] NCBoy, No offense intended here, but the 6.5x300 Wby is a poor choice for someone who's relatively new to reloading. Wildcatting, at least where most cartridges are concerned, is getting into advanced handloading. You'll run into problems (like this) that are much less common with standard cartridges. Add to this the belted case, and the extremely low expansion ratio ofthis cartridge and you've got a very touchy combination. From what you've said here, this sounds like simply a case of dies being improperly adjusted, and creating a headspace problem. This, in turn, leads to the case headspacing on the belt, allowing the shoulder to move too much upon firing and inevitably creating a stretched weak spot that will result in a head separation. I would suggest 1) checking the existing brass to see if the other cases are already exhibiting this stretched area ahead of the web, and 2) adjusting the dies to where they're setting the headspace off the shoulder, as they should. This should keep this from happening again, but you may need to form some new cases. Yeah, another feature that simply goes with wildcats like the 6.5x300 Wby. Hope this helps, and let us know if you have any other questions. [/QUOTE]
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