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Reloading
Lake City reload problem?????
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<blockquote data-quote="benchracer" data-source="post: 895179" data-attributes="member: 22069"><p>The issue is not that you have a tight chamber. The issue is that the military chambers the brass was fired in tend to be more generous (especially around the case head) for reliability reasons.</p><p> </p><p> Yes, this is a common problem when reloading with military brass. I ran into the same problem loading 7.62 NATO LC brass (which is even worse than 5.56 in terms of loose chambers). All you really need is the small base full length sizer die:</p><p> </p><p> <a href="http://www.midwayusa.com/product/205445/rcbs-small-base-sizer-die-223-remington" target="_blank">RCBS Small Base Sizer Die 223 Remington</a></p><p> </p><p> The good news is that you should only have to do this the first time you load milsurp brass. With my formerly machine gun fired 7.62 brass, I found that re-sizing with conventional dies and then following that with re-sizing through the small base die worked best. Some cases required A LOT of force to small base re-size on a single stage press. Sizing in two stages made things go a lot more smoothly. I also found that it worked better to do the primer pocket swaging and small base resizing as separate steps from the rest of the reloading process. Once the brass was fully prepped, it could then be used in the progressive press and loaded normally.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="benchracer, post: 895179, member: 22069"] The issue is not that you have a tight chamber. The issue is that the military chambers the brass was fired in tend to be more generous (especially around the case head) for reliability reasons. Yes, this is a common problem when reloading with military brass. I ran into the same problem loading 7.62 NATO LC brass (which is even worse than 5.56 in terms of loose chambers). All you really need is the small base full length sizer die: [url=http://www.midwayusa.com/product/205445/rcbs-small-base-sizer-die-223-remington]RCBS Small Base Sizer Die 223 Remington[/url] The good news is that you should only have to do this the first time you load milsurp brass. With my formerly machine gun fired 7.62 brass, I found that re-sizing with conventional dies and then following that with re-sizing through the small base die worked best. Some cases required A LOT of force to small base re-size on a single stage press. Sizing in two stages made things go a lot more smoothly. I also found that it worked better to do the primer pocket swaging and small base resizing as separate steps from the rest of the reloading process. Once the brass was fully prepped, it could then be used in the progressive press and loaded normally. [/QUOTE]
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