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New 6.5 Creedmoor brass headspace seems a little short
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<blockquote data-quote="Carey Farmer" data-source="post: 2551722" data-attributes="member: 122715"><p>Prepping to load some practice rounds in my 6.5 Creedmoor target rifle with brand new brass. Checked brass length with a .400" comparator, and was surprised at how short the new brass is - about 0.007" shorter than fired brass from that same rifle. Checked my "go" gauge and the new brass is .005" shorter than a "go" gauge. Pulled a bullet from a Hornady factory round and the new brass is .006" shorter than the unfired Hornady case.</p><p></p><p>Should I be worried about this much extra chamber headspace compared to new brass length causing case - head separation? </p><p></p><p>Usually new, non-belted brass is at most a couple thousandths shorter than my fired brass.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Carey Farmer, post: 2551722, member: 122715"] Prepping to load some practice rounds in my 6.5 Creedmoor target rifle with brand new brass. Checked brass length with a .400" comparator, and was surprised at how short the new brass is - about 0.007" shorter than fired brass from that same rifle. Checked my "go" gauge and the new brass is .005" shorter than a "go" gauge. Pulled a bullet from a Hornady factory round and the new brass is .006" shorter than the unfired Hornady case. Should I be worried about this much extra chamber headspace compared to new brass length causing case - head separation? Usually new, non-belted brass is at most a couple thousandths shorter than my fired brass. [/QUOTE]
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