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Reloading
I need some help from the reloading gurus.
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<blockquote data-quote="Alibiiv" data-source="post: 2789021" data-attributes="member: 69192"><p>Generally most of my reloading is done with Hornady brass because that is what is available and also that is what I can afford. I have an unopened box of Lapua 30-06 brass in the basement that I bought two or three years ago, plus I have some Hornady and some Winchester. I have been using the Hornady and Winchester brass, but....I'm saving that Lapua brass like it is my grandmother's best China dinnerware. As I wrote in a previous reply all the brass gets totally prepped right out of the box. I anneal the brass first before doing any other procedures. From there I full-length resize with the expander plug left out of the resizing die, leaving a .002 shoulder bump. After the full-length resizing I will use a mandrel die and mandrel size the neck. I've never used bushing dies because I believe that using a mandrel die and turning the necks will help to remove the donut after numerous reloads. I have read that reaming the donut out works too, I have just gone with the mandrel die instead. I've also found that annealing will help to keep the neck tension consistent with my neck tension. I have been annealing my cases every other reload, however after doing some research I will anneal after every firing of the brass. I have also found a variable in the cases that I do not read too much about and that is the burr that is left on the flash hole. After the cases have been trimmed to case overall length and deburred I will remove the burr from the flash hole. What I have found during this procedure is that sometimes there will be a lot of material removed from the flash hole and sometimes hardly any brass will come out of the case. This is just another variable that I address.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Alibiiv, post: 2789021, member: 69192"] Generally most of my reloading is done with Hornady brass because that is what is available and also that is what I can afford. I have an unopened box of Lapua 30-06 brass in the basement that I bought two or three years ago, plus I have some Hornady and some Winchester. I have been using the Hornady and Winchester brass, but....I'm saving that Lapua brass like it is my grandmother's best China dinnerware. As I wrote in a previous reply all the brass gets totally prepped right out of the box. I anneal the brass first before doing any other procedures. From there I full-length resize with the expander plug left out of the resizing die, leaving a .002 shoulder bump. After the full-length resizing I will use a mandrel die and mandrel size the neck. I've never used bushing dies because I believe that using a mandrel die and turning the necks will help to remove the donut after numerous reloads. I have read that reaming the donut out works too, I have just gone with the mandrel die instead. I've also found that annealing will help to keep the neck tension consistent with my neck tension. I have been annealing my cases every other reload, however after doing some research I will anneal after every firing of the brass. I have also found a variable in the cases that I do not read too much about and that is the burr that is left on the flash hole. After the cases have been trimmed to case overall length and deburred I will remove the burr from the flash hole. What I have found during this procedure is that sometimes there will be a lot of material removed from the flash hole and sometimes hardly any brass will come out of the case. This is just another variable that I address. [/QUOTE]
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