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New to reloading and my bullets slip right into the brass with hand pressure
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<blockquote data-quote="paphil" data-source="post: 486918" data-attributes="member: 17745"><p>It sounds like you are on the right track. Fired brass before you resize will be the same size as the chamber of the gun it was fired in.(less about.001 ) Firing the round results in the case swelling and fire forming to the demensions of the chamber. The bullet can be pushed into this brass very easily because the brass expanded to release the bullet when you shot. To reseat a bullet to find the lands, crimp the neck very slightly and just start the bullet into the neck. Use a magic marker and paint the bullet so you can see the rifling marks and the mark the case neck will make on the bullet when when you chamber the round and close the bolt. The bullet will probably stick in the barrel and have to be pushed out from the muzzle with a ram rod. The case mark on the bullet will show a depth that is .030 to .040 into the lands. DO NOT seat bullets this deep (shallow)! Very careful measuring of the distance from the case neck mark to the bullet tip end mark of the rifling mark will give an idea of where the rifling is. The best thing to do would be to get a competent gun smith to measure the bullet you are going to use untill you have more experience loading. Seating bullets too long can be dangerous and result in ruined guns and personal injury. Be careful and don,t give up. Learning to do it right will give you satisfaction for years to come.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="paphil, post: 486918, member: 17745"] It sounds like you are on the right track. Fired brass before you resize will be the same size as the chamber of the gun it was fired in.(less about.001 ) Firing the round results in the case swelling and fire forming to the demensions of the chamber. The bullet can be pushed into this brass very easily because the brass expanded to release the bullet when you shot. To reseat a bullet to find the lands, crimp the neck very slightly and just start the bullet into the neck. Use a magic marker and paint the bullet so you can see the rifling marks and the mark the case neck will make on the bullet when when you chamber the round and close the bolt. The bullet will probably stick in the barrel and have to be pushed out from the muzzle with a ram rod. The case mark on the bullet will show a depth that is .030 to .040 into the lands. DO NOT seat bullets this deep (shallow)! Very careful measuring of the distance from the case neck mark to the bullet tip end mark of the rifling mark will give an idea of where the rifling is. The best thing to do would be to get a competent gun smith to measure the bullet you are going to use untill you have more experience loading. Seating bullets too long can be dangerous and result in ruined guns and personal injury. Be careful and don,t give up. Learning to do it right will give you satisfaction for years to come. [/QUOTE]
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