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Reloading
Starting with new brass
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<blockquote data-quote="lancetkenyon" data-source="post: 1426576" data-attributes="member: 68875"><p>An FL die will not bump the shoulders back on virgin brass if it is set up correctly. Like if you have it set up to only bump fired brass .002". I have found MOST virgin brass to be shorter than chamber dimensions by more than .002". </p><p>If virgin brass is annealed (like Lapua is), a single pass through a die will not work harden it enough to cause any issue. If virgin brass is NOT annealed from the factory, I always run it through a die, tumble, then anneal it before loading anyway. </p><p></p><p>I anneal after every firing and FL resizing, and have yet to have any split necks on brass that has been fired 10+ firings. I usually lose primer pockets before that. The only other issue I have ever had was on a single Rem R-P case in 7RM that had a slight case rupture just above the belt after the 8th firing. Case shoulder always bumped back .002", same as any other case I reload, belted or not.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="lancetkenyon, post: 1426576, member: 68875"] An FL die will not bump the shoulders back on virgin brass if it is set up correctly. Like if you have it set up to only bump fired brass .002". I have found MOST virgin brass to be shorter than chamber dimensions by more than .002". If virgin brass is annealed (like Lapua is), a single pass through a die will not work harden it enough to cause any issue. If virgin brass is NOT annealed from the factory, I always run it through a die, tumble, then anneal it before loading anyway. I anneal after every firing and FL resizing, and have yet to have any split necks on brass that has been fired 10+ firings. I usually lose primer pockets before that. The only other issue I have ever had was on a single Rem R-P case in 7RM that had a slight case rupture just above the belt after the 8th firing. Case shoulder always bumped back .002", same as any other case I reload, belted or not. [/QUOTE]
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