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Reloading 6.5mm without ANY resizing: Has anyone else tried this?
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<blockquote data-quote="Greg Page" data-source="post: 2062810" data-attributes="member: 106702"><p>I've been transitioning from neck sizing to shoulder bumping for several of my long range calibers, using the recommended "tension on bolt close" testing and a set of Hornady headspace tools. But with some rifles, (especially my Bergara 6.5 creed) the fired cases fit back into the chamber just fine with no bolt close effort at all. And a little experimenting with seating bullets showed a very workable neck tension in this unsized fired brass. </p><p>SO........ I've loaded up a dozen rounds of my favorite recipe with NO resizing at all, using just a decapping die with no expander ball, and NO resizing die. The loaded cartridges test feed smoothly through the rifle, and the seating pressure on the Hornady 140gr VLDs seemed consistent. Yes, I COULD give them a 1/8 turn light crimp in the Lee factory crimp die just to even out the neck tension, but I'm not sure it actually needs it. </p><p>Has anyone else tried this? Am I missing something here? Am I going to screw something up? This seems just too good to be true....</p><p>GP</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Greg Page, post: 2062810, member: 106702"] I've been transitioning from neck sizing to shoulder bumping for several of my long range calibers, using the recommended "tension on bolt close" testing and a set of Hornady headspace tools. But with some rifles, (especially my Bergara 6.5 creed) the fired cases fit back into the chamber just fine with no bolt close effort at all. And a little experimenting with seating bullets showed a very workable neck tension in this unsized fired brass. SO........ I've loaded up a dozen rounds of my favorite recipe with NO resizing at all, using just a decapping die with no expander ball, and NO resizing die. The loaded cartridges test feed smoothly through the rifle, and the seating pressure on the Hornady 140gr VLDs seemed consistent. Yes, I COULD give them a 1/8 turn light crimp in the Lee factory crimp die just to even out the neck tension, but I'm not sure it actually needs it. Has anyone else tried this? Am I missing something here? Am I going to screw something up? This seems just too good to be true.... GP [/QUOTE]
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