forming 219 Zipper brass from 30-30

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I'm having a gun rebarreled in 219 Zipper, I took 30-30 brass ran them through my 25-35 die trimmed to length, and now my question is do you think I can final size them with a lyman 310 hand loading tool because that's what dies I have for the zipper or do I need to find regular dies to do this?, I only have the dies but know where there's a hand tool, I'm pretty sure the 310 dies only neck size am I right?
Thanks for the input in advance.
 
matt bradley said:
I'm having a gun rebarreled in 219 Zipper, I took 30-30 brass ran them through my 25-35 die trimmed to length, and now my question is do you think I can final size them with a lyman 310 hand loading tool because that's what dies I have for the zipper or do I need to find regular dies to do this?, I only have the dies but know where there's a hand tool, I'm pretty sure the 310 dies only neck size am I right?
Thanks for the input in advance.
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You will not be able to form those Zipper cases with the 310 Tong Tool. As you noted, those dies neck size only.
You should be able to scare up a good set of 219 Zipper dies without too much trouble. Try the EE first. Dave.
 
Matt, There are adapters that screw onto those dies so you can use them in a regular press. Good Luck.
Neil
 
Aren't the 25-35 and 219 the same body size and taper? Pretty sure they are. It will be a lot easier to size from 25-35 to 219 in that case.

I did the exact same thing that you are trying to do, only I did it about 6 or 7 years ago.

I had to anneal, between the 25-35 and 219 sizings or I would get creases in the shoulders.

I lost or broke the expander ball in the 25-35, but didn't worry too much about it, because without it, I figured that I was working the brass just a little bit less.

I had to trim the 219 quite a bit because it was all too long for the chamber when all was said and done.
 
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