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Old 01-06-2007 | 08:50 AM
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I just bought s Rem 750 Woodsmaster in 30-06... I'm pretty sure I have to FL Resize my brass if I decide to reload for this gun... I'm just wondering how many timesyou can FLRa 06 brass???
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Old 01-06-2007 | 10:43 AM
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If you have trouble cycling long, you might have to buy small base dies. I did for my 270win in my 7400. They are made for semis. But first give your regular dies a try. For a 06, you can reload about 5 times if your headspace is correct. If you have long headspace, case separation can happen after 5 shootings. After 5 reloading, I toss brass. They neck gets hard, and you can anneal if you want, but alot of work. And 06 brass is so cheap anyway.
 
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Old 01-06-2007 | 05:52 PM
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For a 06, you can reload about 5 times if your headspace is correct. If you have long headspace, case separation can happen after 5 shootings. After 5 reloading, I toss brass.
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Old 01-07-2007 | 09:21 AM
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Five loadings is a good number to use, if you don't run into problems before that. Annealing can help prolong neck splitting, but after five loadings and firings, case separation probably rapidly headed your way anyhow. Six or more reloadings is certainly not impossible and is routinely done by some, but I don't like to take the chance anymore myself.
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I just bought s Rem 750 Woodsmaster in 30-06... I'm pretty sure I have to FL Resize my brass if I decide to reload for this gun... I'm just wondering how many timesyou can FLRa 06 brass???
Depends on several factors:

How hot are your loads? Have the necks been annealed? How badly oversize do they get from being fired in that rifle?

For starters, assuming the brass was originally fired in that samerifle, I would see if the fired cases would go back in and allow the bolt to fully close before doing any sizing. If they do, then all that's needed is sufficinet sizing to hold the new bullet. If they don't, then I would screw the sizing die in a small amount, size a case, test it forchambering, etc., etc.,until you reach the point where the caseWILL re-enter the chamber fully. You might find that this spot is prior to the point where the case is being entirely resized.

I had an M1 once in which I used a match load of the 168-grain Sierra MatchKing bullet and 47.5 grains of IMR 4064. My once-fired cases would go back in FULLY, WITHOUT ANY sizing at all. So I just resized1/3 of the necks, so theywould hold the new bullets...... cases lasted a long time!

IF you are getting incipient casehead separations in a beltless, rimless bottleneck cases after a mere five reloads, either your loads are WAY too hot, or there is something wrong with your rifle/cartridge combination! Like, the riflehas excessive headspace, or you are creating it with your FL die.
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