bullet seating error.

[savage M110 BAS]

I’m new in the world of reloading, and I made my first mistake,

I reloaded 20 rounds of .308 but what I didn’t realize is I set my bullet seater too low in the press and the shoulder of the live cartridges got a little squashed. I didn’t even realise it happened until I tried to chamber a round and the cartridge would not fit.

I unloaded my rounds and removed all the powder. Are these brass casings salvageable? Is it better to resize without removing the primer? Remove the primers; full length resize and install new primers or is it better to start fresh with new once fired brass.

 

[arcstarter]

i'd remove the primers carefully and then full length resize, be sure to wear eye protection when depriming live primers

 

[mmattockx]

Just pull the decapping pin and then resize them.


Mark

 

[savage M110 BAS]

Just pull the decapping pin and then resize them.


Mark

i did just that and it worked perfectly. after resizing, my brass went from 2.005'' in length to 2.000'' is it ok to reload with the new case length?

 

[legi0n]

yes it's ok
it will lengthen some during firing

 

[savage M110 BAS]

yes it's ok
it will lengthen some during firing

would a length difference of .005 effect accuracy in any way?

 

[Blastattack]

No, fire away. .005 will effect nothing.

 

[savage M110 BAS]

thank you for all the help, really appreciate it.