8mm lebel revolver brass

Rotaxpower

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Just wondering how you guys are making your brass. Are you just trimming down 32-20? I bought an RCBS case forming die for making 8mm lebel, all that came was a trim die to cut down 32-20 brass, and it was only $100 :rolleyes:

Can anyone help me out?
 
Trim to length 32-20 anneal use your 8mm lebel expander die and load and shoot ,cases stretch and fire form nicely
 
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DEZ said:
Trim to length 32-20 anneal use your 32-20 expander die and load and shoot ,cases stretch and fire form nicely
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How much of the case do you anneal? Obviously you don't want to anneal the base, so how much of the case neck is sticking out of the water ?
 
4b1t said:
How much of the case do you anneal? Obviously you don't want to anneal the base, so how much of the case neck is sticking out of the water ?
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out of the water your going to go that route thats a long and slow process

but you would want a good bit of it i know with any of my rifle cases i go below the neck just a bit i wait till it turns blue colored then dump it into the water

i use a socket with a bolt running through the part where you would put the socket wrench(i use socket that fits tight on the cartridge) then chuck this up in the drill and spin the cases over the flame then wait till it changes color then dump it into cold water ive gotton up to 30 reloadings out of my .303 brass (theres a few more thing in play with the .303 brass but i wont go into that in the antique fourm)
 
Maybe anneal 1/4 inch I have also done it without annealing and had very good results. I just hold them in pliers and heat case mouth till it changes color with a propane torch and dump in water
 
I've never annealed winchester and starline 32-20 brass and never had a problem.
Using Hornady 8mm lebel revolver dies I size, trim, load, shoot.
Remington 32-20 is a different story, I avoid it.
 
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Thanks guys, I am kind of a dummy. This sounds a whole lot easier than I was making it out to be!
 
Rotaxpower said:
Thanks guys, I am kind of a dummy. This sounds a whole lot easier than I was making it out to be!
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We all tend to think things are more complicated than they need to be. But one thing that is problematic for me is trimming the formed brass down to length on a hand operated trimmer - lots of work, several minutes per piece.

How does your trim die work out? Does it make trimming go substantially faster?
 
I use a small pipe cutter from Home Hardware to get close and then pop them in a Lyman trimmer set to the length I need.
 
jethunter said:
We all tend to think things are more complicated than they need to be. But one thing that is problematic for me is trimming the formed brass down to length on a hand operated trimmer - lots of work, several minutes per piece.

How does your trim die work out? Does it make trimming go substantially faster?
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Hey Jethunter, I haven't tried it yet. I got it Friday and have been away from home all weekend. I will post results when I try it! :)
 
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