Hey lads...
I know I put out a lot of questions on this reloading section.... Sorry!
Anyways, I went digging through my ammo trunk looking for some soft point 7.62x51 ammo to throw in my truck tomorrow w/ my m14 to use as this years deer gun.
Anyways, the only ammo I had for it is all FMJ.
I have some soft point lapua bullets, and lapua brass, waiting to be loaded... The brass is all brand new. I just don't have the .308 dies yet.
Can I go ahead and use my x54R die to throw together some rounds for my M14? Or should I wait to get the die set and full length size, etc before loading the new brass?
It's not a super big deal, I can always just take my M44 w/ my lapua handloads (which are DEADLY in my m44!) but I just wanted to use the M14 as it was from my wife as a welcome home from the sandbox gift...
To Reiterate, do I need to fl size new brass? And will the x54r seating die work, if I don't need to FL size it...
Thanks!
IS
I know I put out a lot of questions on this reloading section.... Sorry!
Anyways, I went digging through my ammo trunk looking for some soft point 7.62x51 ammo to throw in my truck tomorrow w/ my m14 to use as this years deer gun.
Anyways, the only ammo I had for it is all FMJ.
I have some soft point lapua bullets, and lapua brass, waiting to be loaded... The brass is all brand new. I just don't have the .308 dies yet.
Can I go ahead and use my x54R die to throw together some rounds for my M14? Or should I wait to get the die set and full length size, etc before loading the new brass?
It's not a super big deal, I can always just take my M44 w/ my lapua handloads (which are DEADLY in my m44!) but I just wanted to use the M14 as it was from my wife as a welcome home from the sandbox gift...
To Reiterate, do I need to fl size new brass? And will the x54r seating die work, if I don't need to FL size it...
Thanks!
IS