So i have my Redding 30-338LM FL dies now so i immediately set about forming some brass. As far as wildcat cartridges go, this is the easiest and most straight forward process i've ever seen. I deprimed the once fired Lapua brass with my standard Lee Die. I then removed the decapping pin from the new redding die, lubed the case necks with burkes gun oil and started ramming them up! I do about 2mm of the neck then rotate a half turn. I do this til it is perfecly formed. They come out looking absolutely perfect. Once i have about fifty done i then lube the inside of the necks with lee sizing lube and run them thru my K&M 30 cal. Expander. Voila! Perfect 30-338 Lapua brass. I'm sure they will crisp up even more after the first firing. Don't be afraid of trying something different!
Making 30-338 Lapua Ammo
- Thread starter swissinn
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I made a dummy round straight out of the press and they chamber beautifully. I also chambered several empty cases as i went and had no issues whatsoever. I also bought another 338 casing for the hornady COAL guage and gave it the same treatment as the cases im loading. Necked it down to 30 cal aswell. So now i can get accurate COALs. What i did do that might negate the brass thickening problem is the trim length is about 20 thou shorter than its supposed to be. I hate trimming cases every time so going shorter allows me about 3-5 reloads before trimming again.
I necked down 30-338 no problem no neck turning or reaming the reloads shot pretty good! I will check neck thickness again see if i see a big difference. I do not have all the fancy dies though like swissinn he will probably have enough ammo this weekend to burn his barrel and turn it a pretty blue color. LOL
He should but he is just going to fire them once then give them to me I will then neck up with my necker upper expandamadoodle thingy of course I will double anneal them then fire them until the primer pockets get loosey goosey outta my three38 bieen drinking some scotch tape huhuhaha!
