New brass question
- Thread starter KDX
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- Winnipeg,Man.
Unless the brass has been fired from your own rifle and is thus "fireformed " to your gun ( if the brass is from 2 different guns as mine usually are).....ALWAYS full length the brass even new stuff...the brass from your own gun can be neck sized only. You can check for full length but I have found that all unfired brass seems to be short of the specs but becomes acceptable after the first firing.
No need to Full-length size new brass!! Just run the necks through the expander button to make sure they are perfectly round, chamfer the inside, and load away! In my 45 years of reloading, I have learned to eliminate chores that have no intrinsic value, and full-length sizing new brass is on that list. Regards, Eagleye
X2. I have never full length resized new brass.I usually just load it the way it comes out of the package.
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- Winnipeg,Man.
I have bought new brass and tried the brass in the gun even before attempting to reload. Many of the brass would not even enter the chamber thus showing it was too large in diameter. I would not force it in as it could prove to be a real chore to remove. Even the die showed which brass was oversized. Did i just get a bad batch? It certainly does not take longer to full length resize as to neck size the brass, just the full compression of the handle.
The first brass I reloaded, I did not full length resize and when attempting to check each cartridge before venturing on a 300 mile hunting trip, I found some that would not fit the chamber. I took them apart and started over again by resizing . Better safe than sorry I say.
The first brass I reloaded, I did not full length resize and when attempting to check each cartridge before venturing on a 300 mile hunting trip, I found some that would not fit the chamber. I took them apart and started over again by resizing . Better safe than sorry I say.
new brass. rem or win gets the treatment. lapua, hornady, norma is usually ready to go from the box
full length size
uniform primer pockets
trim to uniform length
uniform flash holes
chamfer and cleanup the necks
doesn't take all that long to do. i use a rcbs prep centre.
full length size
uniform primer pockets
trim to uniform length
uniform flash holes
chamfer and cleanup the necks
doesn't take all that long to do. i use a rcbs prep centre.
I have to agree that it is better to be safe than sorry. However, I will add that you must be an unlucky sort, or else I am incredibly lucky. I would guesstimate that over the years, I have loaded 50,000 rounds of new brass, and have never had one fail to chamber without full length sizing. I have discovered cases without flash holes a few times, once had one without a primer pocket at all. Several dozen brand new cases with folded or split necks, a few wrong size cases mixed in, but nary a one that required FL sizing to chamber. This has included a number of rifles with custom, minimum spec chambers as well. BTW, it is more work to FL size than it is to run the case over the expander ball only. Regards, Eagleye.
X2
New domestic brass I've found to be hit and miss, one batch is good at best and the next batch looks like a can of smashed a$$holes(dings/dents, off center primer pockets/flash holes, bent case mouths....) There is no better way to inspect brass than preping it.
I've found it better to be safe than sorry.
Inspect and clean'em up real good, fireform then if you want to get crazy and turn necks...have at'er
Ivo
