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crushing case necks when using expander mandrel to open case neck on a 338SS
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<blockquote data-quote="akmtnhnt" data-source="post: 2978680" data-attributes="member: 120824"><p>I had this exact same problem with the 338 sherman max. I used the 21st century 7mm to 308 neck up expander, but at the time they did not have the 308->338, and by the looks of it they still don't. I tried using a straight 337 mandrel, crushed cases. I had a buddy with a lathe make me a 308->338 with the same taper as the 21st century ones. Still got a lot of collapsed cases. Of all the things that finally worked was just running the 308 necks through the Hornady FL die with the expander ball in there with all of the cases chamfered and graphite as lube. I'm not sure why an expander ball works better than a much more gradual neck up expander mandrel.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="akmtnhnt, post: 2978680, member: 120824"] I had this exact same problem with the 338 sherman max. I used the 21st century 7mm to 308 neck up expander, but at the time they did not have the 308->338, and by the looks of it they still don't. I tried using a straight 337 mandrel, crushed cases. I had a buddy with a lathe make me a 308->338 with the same taper as the 21st century ones. Still got a lot of collapsed cases. Of all the things that finally worked was just running the 308 necks through the Hornady FL die with the expander ball in there with all of the cases chamfered and graphite as lube. I'm not sure why an expander ball works better than a much more gradual neck up expander mandrel. [/QUOTE]
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