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Can You Anneal Nickel Brass?
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<blockquote data-quote="Freebore" data-source="post: 603859" data-attributes="member: 873"><p><strong>Re:Sloppy chamber?!</strong></p><p></p><p>backwoods83,</p><p></p><p> I'm guessing you have some bench-rest background. I thought about what you said. Went to the bench and shimmed/backoff the RCBS die to get most of the neck and grabbing minimal wall on once fired unplated brass. Put 3 together 45.0 grains of Big Game and the 145 Speer .025 off lands. The first 2 went into same home 2751 and 2748...the friggin' 3rd wouldn't chamber. I only checked the first 2 before leaving house. Very, very slight ejector mark, slightly flattened primer, no ejection issue. I think down a .5 grain will alleviate this. </p><p></p><p> Thanks for the insight and getting my gray matter working in a different direction. I guess I'll get some new brass and a bushing die. But what to I do about the body/shoulder bump after 2-3 firing? Get a custom die made or send a full length to Jim Cahrstisen to do minimal brass dimensional move. It's a lever action rifle and any cartridge hangup is not acceptable.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Freebore, post: 603859, member: 873"] [b]Re:Sloppy chamber?![/b] backwoods83, I'm guessing you have some bench-rest background. I thought about what you said. Went to the bench and shimmed/backoff the RCBS die to get most of the neck and grabbing minimal wall on once fired unplated brass. Put 3 together 45.0 grains of Big Game and the 145 Speer .025 off lands. The first 2 went into same home 2751 and 2748...the friggin' 3rd wouldn't chamber. I only checked the first 2 before leaving house. Very, very slight ejector mark, slightly flattened primer, no ejection issue. I think down a .5 grain will alleviate this. Thanks for the insight and getting my gray matter working in a different direction. I guess I'll get some new brass and a bushing die. But what to I do about the body/shoulder bump after 2-3 firing? Get a custom die made or send a full length to Jim Cahrstisen to do minimal brass dimensional move. It's a lever action rifle and any cartridge hangup is not acceptable. [/QUOTE]
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