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How to Reload Unloaded Cases... Neck Tension?
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<blockquote data-quote="Full Curl" data-source="post: 2605113" data-attributes="member: 47602"><p>These will be hunting rounds. Norma brand cases that were only a few years old Never fired. 100 rounds total. They have CCI mag primers which is what I'll load with so that was easy. I pulled all bullets last night and dumped powder. Empty necks were .002 to .003 larger O.D. than other brand new Norma cases I have that were never loaded. They would of held a bullet and I could have fired formed them that way but I decided to try and match the O.D. of the other new cases I have so I used a FL bushing die and went as low as I could on the necks without touching the shoulder at all. I didn't know if I should use the expander ball or remove it but ended up leaving it in. Sized all of them and now all neck O.D.'s match for these and my other brand new never loaded cases. I know I slightly "hardened" the necks by doing this and I'll keep them separate from my other brand new never loaded cases to compare but they should all be consistent now anyway and all ready to go after being fire formed this round. None needed to be trimmed at all as new Norma cases are usually really consistent in length, at least for me they have been. Now I just have to get to the range and bang them on paper. Thanks for all the good information and advice.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Full Curl, post: 2605113, member: 47602"] These will be hunting rounds. Norma brand cases that were only a few years old Never fired. 100 rounds total. They have CCI mag primers which is what I'll load with so that was easy. I pulled all bullets last night and dumped powder. Empty necks were .002 to .003 larger O.D. than other brand new Norma cases I have that were never loaded. They would of held a bullet and I could have fired formed them that way but I decided to try and match the O.D. of the other new cases I have so I used a FL bushing die and went as low as I could on the necks without touching the shoulder at all. I didn't know if I should use the expander ball or remove it but ended up leaving it in. Sized all of them and now all neck O.D.'s match for these and my other brand new never loaded cases. I know I slightly "hardened" the necks by doing this and I'll keep them separate from my other brand new never loaded cases to compare but they should all be consistent now anyway and all ready to go after being fire formed this round. None needed to be trimmed at all as new Norma cases are usually really consistent in length, at least for me they have been. Now I just have to get to the range and bang them on paper. Thanks for all the good information and advice. [/QUOTE]
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