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<blockquote data-quote="swampratt" data-source="post: 3264630" data-attributes="member: 15054"><p>Well this caliber is getting some recognition and I will play along and see if it is worth the effort to load for another rifle.</p><p></p><p>I have on hand 3 different brands of brass Federal , Remington and Winchester.</p><p>I got the brass from Store bought loaded ammo that I shot in my rifle.</p><p>First up was measuring cases after firing them in my rifle.</p><p>Deprimed ,Cleaned, annealed, brushed, sized and mouths chamfered the weights look like this in gr.</p><p></p><p>Federal......Winchester.... Remington..</p><p>170.0.......157.7............157.0.</p><p>171.1........158.1............157.0.</p><p>171.5........159.3............157.3.</p><p>172.4........159.7.</p><p>172.5.........159.8.</p><p>172.6.........160.2.</p><p>172.6.........16.04.</p><p>173.6.</p><p></p><p>Yea not the same amount in each sorry.</p><p>I did trim one Federal case that the beginning OAL was 1.917" I trimmed it to 1.909" and chamfered it again and it was .2 gr less in weight..most of the OAL was different between cases from 1.910 to 1.917 after firing..</p><p>I did not have a Lee case length gauge for 6.5 Creedmoor so I had no way to trim cases to the same length.</p><p>I decided to turn a .308 Case length gauge down in the drill press with a hand file and some sand paper.</p><p>Now I do have one.</p><p></p><p>I am using Hornady 2 die set FLS die and a bullet seating die.</p><p>I had to drill the bullet seating stem deeper as the plastic tip on the Hornady bullet bottomed out in it.</p><p></p><p>Fired the case neck OD measured .296", Sized it measures .288".</p><p>Fired shoulder measurement . .463", Sized it measures .460"</p><p>Fired case head area and above it slightly .470" sized is .469"</p><p>The shoulder Ogive fired measures .001" longer than sized so pushing shoulder back .001"</p><p></p><p>This is by raising the ram and turning in the size die until it touches the shell holder solid.</p><p>Then snug the lock ring.</p><p>Lee Cast iron single stage press.</p><p>Pretty happy so far with the Hornady die as it is not overworking my brass but the chamber may be on the snug side in the gun and that will help out also.</p><p></p><p>Onto trimming now then remeasure and fill each case with BL-C(2) and see if there is a huge volume difference.</p><p></p><p>I will measure loaded length of the ammo and how far off the lands and how it shoots of course.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="swampratt, post: 3264630, member: 15054"] Well this caliber is getting some recognition and I will play along and see if it is worth the effort to load for another rifle. I have on hand 3 different brands of brass Federal , Remington and Winchester. I got the brass from Store bought loaded ammo that I shot in my rifle. First up was measuring cases after firing them in my rifle. Deprimed ,Cleaned, annealed, brushed, sized and mouths chamfered the weights look like this in gr. Federal......Winchester.... Remington.. 170.0.......157.7............157.0. 171.1........158.1............157.0. 171.5........159.3............157.3. 172.4........159.7. 172.5.........159.8. 172.6.........160.2. 172.6.........16.04. 173.6. Yea not the same amount in each sorry. I did trim one Federal case that the beginning OAL was 1.917" I trimmed it to 1.909" and chamfered it again and it was .2 gr less in weight..most of the OAL was different between cases from 1.910 to 1.917 after firing.. I did not have a Lee case length gauge for 6.5 Creedmoor so I had no way to trim cases to the same length. I decided to turn a .308 Case length gauge down in the drill press with a hand file and some sand paper. Now I do have one. I am using Hornady 2 die set FLS die and a bullet seating die. I had to drill the bullet seating stem deeper as the plastic tip on the Hornady bullet bottomed out in it. Fired the case neck OD measured .296", Sized it measures .288". Fired shoulder measurement . .463", Sized it measures .460" Fired case head area and above it slightly .470" sized is .469" The shoulder Ogive fired measures .001" longer than sized so pushing shoulder back .001" This is by raising the ram and turning in the size die until it touches the shell holder solid. Then snug the lock ring. Lee Cast iron single stage press. Pretty happy so far with the Hornady die as it is not overworking my brass but the chamber may be on the snug side in the gun and that will help out also. Onto trimming now then remeasure and fill each case with BL-C(2) and see if there is a huge volume difference. I will measure loaded length of the ammo and how far off the lands and how it shoots of course. [/QUOTE]
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