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Sized case won’t fit
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<blockquote data-quote="Dean2" data-source="post: 1933633" data-attributes="member: 26077"><p>I hate to tell you this since you seem so convinced you want brass sized to fit either rifle, but that is going to give you REALLY short brass life. It is not very difficult to have two MTM cases, one for each rifle and mark them clearly. Also, I never go hunting without test chambering all of the ammo I am going to use in any rifle. I do not want a chambering issue while hunting.</p><p></p><p>I never FL size my magnum hunting ammo. If you take a once fired case and put it back in the same gun it will chamber easily. If you neck size it, same thing, easy chambering. In belted mags, I have loaded and neck sized cases as many as 10 times BEFORE I had to bump the shoulder back at all. Most cases I can get 15 loadings out of and I never anneal. By using the same brass in the same gun, I have NEVER had to FL size a case to get it to feed easily. The issue with FL sizing Belted magnums is when you squeeze the case back down that much the brass has to go somewhere. It either pushes up to the neck, thus donuts and more trimming and it also pushes down to the Belt. After 2 or 3 FL sizings they get very tight to chamber because you are growing the diameter of the case at the belt, thus the need for the Larry Willis, not Wilson, die. There is no advantage to FL sizing for a hunting rifle if you test feed the ammo and keep the brass separated by gun.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dean2, post: 1933633, member: 26077"] I hate to tell you this since you seem so convinced you want brass sized to fit either rifle, but that is going to give you REALLY short brass life. It is not very difficult to have two MTM cases, one for each rifle and mark them clearly. Also, I never go hunting without test chambering all of the ammo I am going to use in any rifle. I do not want a chambering issue while hunting. I never FL size my magnum hunting ammo. If you take a once fired case and put it back in the same gun it will chamber easily. If you neck size it, same thing, easy chambering. In belted mags, I have loaded and neck sized cases as many as 10 times BEFORE I had to bump the shoulder back at all. Most cases I can get 15 loadings out of and I never anneal. By using the same brass in the same gun, I have NEVER had to FL size a case to get it to feed easily. The issue with FL sizing Belted magnums is when you squeeze the case back down that much the brass has to go somewhere. It either pushes up to the neck, thus donuts and more trimming and it also pushes down to the Belt. After 2 or 3 FL sizings they get very tight to chamber because you are growing the diameter of the case at the belt, thus the need for the Larry Willis, not Wilson, die. There is no advantage to FL sizing for a hunting rifle if you test feed the ammo and keep the brass separated by gun. [/QUOTE]
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