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Wondering when to retire .30-06 brass (sectioned brass photos included)
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<blockquote data-quote="1Moose" data-source="post: 1389485" data-attributes="member: 74044"><p>Thanks to all of you who shared your insights, experience, and images. In case you're interested, I just measured how much I had been bumping the shoulders on my cases, and despite my best estimations/efforts I was bumping fired cases from 2.047 inches (with my gauge) to on average 2.043 inches (an occasional case measuring 2.0425). Aided by the recently-purchased headspace gauge, I had reset my sizing die to bump back to 2.045 inches (with a rare case showing 2.0445). </p><p></p><p>Early in my reloading with these cases, I know I was bumping shoulders farther than 0.004 as I simply followed the die instructions and they would rattle around in the case gauge. With my new routine, I hope to get more life and better performance. </p><p></p><p>Tip for others still learning about reloading (like me): For anyone looking to measure shoulder bump, be sure to de-prime your cases first, or simply seat the fired primer deep enough that they don't interfere with your "before" measurements. I know it's easy to troubleshoot this, but I'm offering it just in case it helps someone else save a few minutes time. It made me do a couple minutes of head-scratching.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="1Moose, post: 1389485, member: 74044"] Thanks to all of you who shared your insights, experience, and images. In case you're interested, I just measured how much I had been bumping the shoulders on my cases, and despite my best estimations/efforts I was bumping fired cases from 2.047 inches (with my gauge) to on average 2.043 inches (an occasional case measuring 2.0425). Aided by the recently-purchased headspace gauge, I had reset my sizing die to bump back to 2.045 inches (with a rare case showing 2.0445). Early in my reloading with these cases, I know I was bumping shoulders farther than 0.004 as I simply followed the die instructions and they would rattle around in the case gauge. With my new routine, I hope to get more life and better performance. Tip for others still learning about reloading (like me): For anyone looking to measure shoulder bump, be sure to de-prime your cases first, or simply seat the fired primer deep enough that they don't interfere with your "before" measurements. I know it's easy to troubleshoot this, but I'm offering it just in case it helps someone else save a few minutes time. It made me do a couple minutes of head-scratching. [/QUOTE]
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