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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: 2063420" data-attributes="member: 106702"><p>Thanks for Great feedback. This all made no sense to me either, which is why I brought it up here. The tight necks in fired cases were, I believe, a byproduct of carbon buildup in the chamber. </p><p>The confusing thing for me is still that my fired cases fit so easily back in the chamber. Therefore, I can't get any feedback from the gun on how much I need to neckbump, since it fits easily with zero neckbump. Hence the exploration of "No Resizing" at all. So, now with a well scrubbed chamber, I'm going to go with either about .003 to .004 shoulder bump based on the Hornady headspace gauge, or, for this rifle, just go back to easy breezy neck sizing/no lube mess, with an anneal every 3rd loading. I KNOW that all the pros FL size, but I'm shooting .3s and .4s with this approach, and I've got some cheap Hornady brass that are on 8 loadings and the primer pockets are still tight, so......</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Greg Page, post: 2063420, member: 106702"] Thanks for Great feedback. This all made no sense to me either, which is why I brought it up here. The tight necks in fired cases were, I believe, a byproduct of carbon buildup in the chamber. The confusing thing for me is still that my fired cases fit so easily back in the chamber. Therefore, I can't get any feedback from the gun on how much I need to neckbump, since it fits easily with zero neckbump. Hence the exploration of "No Resizing" at all. So, now with a well scrubbed chamber, I'm going to go with either about .003 to .004 shoulder bump based on the Hornady headspace gauge, or, for this rifle, just go back to easy breezy neck sizing/no lube mess, with an anneal every 3rd loading. I KNOW that all the pros FL size, but I'm shooting .3s and .4s with this approach, and I've got some cheap Hornady brass that are on 8 loadings and the primer pockets are still tight, so...... [/QUOTE]
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