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Reloading
First major boo boo
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<blockquote data-quote="Loner" data-source="post: 539062" data-attributes="member: 24560"><p>His pictures didn't show up for me either. </p><p> </p><p>Don't set your die that way at all. It is a generic book solution and is a terrible way to</p><p>treat brass. Neck size only until your brass causes the bolt to close and open a little</p><p>hard on an empty case. Then; Start with your die set to neck size only. Take it down 1/4 turn</p><p>at a time checking to see each time if the brass chambers easily again. When it does,</p><p>back the die off 1/4 turn, put in another piece of brass and go 1/16 turn at a time until</p><p>it chambers correctly. Then I do one more 1/16 turn backed off and recheck with one </p><p>more piece of brass. The repeated resizing does make the brass a hair smaller is why.</p><p>You can leave the expander ball out while you do this. No sense in working the neck</p><p>every time. Expander balls are very cheap, the mandril you have will work fine.</p><p> Headspace gauges are nice but we managed without them for 90 years. They have</p><p>really just become popular in the last 10 or 15 years. They can be off as well from</p><p>what I have read. I don't use them myself.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Loner, post: 539062, member: 24560"] His pictures didn't show up for me either. Don't set your die that way at all. It is a generic book solution and is a terrible way to treat brass. Neck size only until your brass causes the bolt to close and open a little hard on an empty case. Then; Start with your die set to neck size only. Take it down 1/4 turn at a time checking to see each time if the brass chambers easily again. When it does, back the die off 1/4 turn, put in another piece of brass and go 1/16 turn at a time until it chambers correctly. Then I do one more 1/16 turn backed off and recheck with one more piece of brass. The repeated resizing does make the brass a hair smaller is why. You can leave the expander ball out while you do this. No sense in working the neck every time. Expander balls are very cheap, the mandril you have will work fine. Headspace gauges are nice but we managed without them for 90 years. They have really just become popular in the last 10 or 15 years. They can be off as well from what I have read. I don't use them myself. [/QUOTE]
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