Case question
01-14-2008 | 03:12 PM
#11
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From: Jenkinsburg Ga USA
RE: Case question
I think I have found my problem. I went and smoked the end of the case like Head said. The tight fitting case had the entire shoulder clean when I extracted it. I then tried Kelbro's suggestion of moving the die down another 1/8 turn. I then sized a couple at that die setting and the cases fit a whole lot better now. They seem to chamber with minimun effort now like the factory round did. And whenI smoked it it had athin line around the case where the shoulder starts it's taper down towards the neck. I had already set the die 1/4 turn below like the RCBS instructions said. Is it common that 1/8 turn would make that much difference? And also, does this sound like they should be after FL sizing? I appreciate everyone's help.
01-15-2008 | 12:26 PM
#12
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From: Texas - BUT NOW in Madison County, NY
RE: Case question
ORIGINAL: 3.5mag
I sized a bunch of cases my nephew gave me that he had shot out of his Remington. I was setting up my seating dies and I decided to make a dummy round because I have read in some reloading books that it aids in setting dies if they get out of adjustment. I also wanted to see if I wanted to crimp or not and how tight the bullet fit into the case with just a sized neck. I seated the bullet to the same length as my factory Federal rounds with the neck at the ring on the bullet. I then put it in my Savage to see how it fit. It went in fine until I went to turn down the bolt and then it got tight. I pulled it out and checked every possible measurement with my caliper. They were all very close if not exactly the same. The only thing I could find different between the cases was the neck. On the ones I had from the factory and the ones I had shot in my Savage had a good sharp turn at the shoulder. On the cases I got from my nephew, the shoulder had a more rounded shoulder.
My questions are has anyone seen this before? Is there something I should be concerned with? And if I shot these out of my rifle, will they form to my chamber? Any advice would be appreciated.
I sized a bunch of cases my nephew gave me that he had shot out of his Remington. I was setting up my seating dies and I decided to make a dummy round because I have read in some reloading books that it aids in setting dies if they get out of adjustment. I also wanted to see if I wanted to crimp or not and how tight the bullet fit into the case with just a sized neck. I seated the bullet to the same length as my factory Federal rounds with the neck at the ring on the bullet. I then put it in my Savage to see how it fit. It went in fine until I went to turn down the bolt and then it got tight. I pulled it out and checked every possible measurement with my caliper. They were all very close if not exactly the same. The only thing I could find different between the cases was the neck. On the ones I had from the factory and the ones I had shot in my Savage had a good sharp turn at the shoulder. On the cases I got from my nephew, the shoulder had a more rounded shoulder.
My questions are has anyone seen this before? Is there something I should be concerned with? And if I shot these out of my rifle, will they form to my chamber? Any advice would be appreciated.
