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"Rebounding" NATO 7.62 brass???
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<blockquote data-quote="geeck" data-source="post: 2730082" data-attributes="member: 38369"><p>I have experienced "spring-back" with NATO brass. I was the last one at my club to switch from the M14, to the mouse gun for our Service Rifle competitions. I processed 1000's of 7.62x51mm rounds each year. The M14/M1a is hard on brass the general wisdom back then was you were lucky to get 4 firings from a case. Anything shot from a "PIG" (M60) was probably not worth the trouble processing (see image below). It's important to pre-cull your brass before you commit to processing it. Look up articles from Glen Zediker (RIP) on reloading for the M14, it will give you much incite into reloading NATO brass.</p><p></p><p>One of the few good things my Dillon 650 allowed me to do was process my 7.62x51mm brass to minimize Spring-back or "Rebounding" as the OP called it. I setup my 650 with a universal decapper , 2 neck sizing dies, and 2 body sizing dies. I bought the brass body and neck down in 2 steps. (Setup - De-cap, 1/2 Body, 1/2 Neck, Full body, Full Neck) I saw much reduced "Rebounding" of the brass. This was before I even owned an annealer. I picked up this trick from one of the best M14 shooters I've ever had the pleasure to know.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="geeck, post: 2730082, member: 38369"] I have experienced "spring-back" with NATO brass. I was the last one at my club to switch from the M14, to the mouse gun for our Service Rifle competitions. I processed 1000's of 7.62x51mm rounds each year. The M14/M1a is hard on brass the general wisdom back then was you were lucky to get 4 firings from a case. Anything shot from a "PIG" (M60) was probably not worth the trouble processing (see image below). It's important to pre-cull your brass before you commit to processing it. Look up articles from Glen Zediker (RIP) on reloading for the M14, it will give you much incite into reloading NATO brass. One of the few good things my Dillon 650 allowed me to do was process my 7.62x51mm brass to minimize Spring-back or "Rebounding" as the OP called it. I setup my 650 with a universal decapper , 2 neck sizing dies, and 2 body sizing dies. I bought the brass body and neck down in 2 steps. (Setup - De-cap, 1/2 Body, 1/2 Neck, Full body, Full Neck) I saw much reduced "Rebounding" of the brass. This was before I even owned an annealer. I picked up this trick from one of the best M14 shooters I've ever had the pleasure to know. [/QUOTE]
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