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Fire forming 7mm TCU from .223/5.56 brass
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<blockquote data-quote="Danny Ross" data-source="post: 3667850" data-attributes="member: 44647"><p>A TC Contender I got recently came with a 7mm TCU barrel. Checking online, I found that most videos showed using 7mm TCU dies to expand the .223/5.56 brass to 7mm, then fire forming the result in the barrel that will be using by firing a loaded cartridge. This process seemed unnecessarily complicated, not to mention expensive as it uses a 7mm projectile, of which there seem to be a shortage here anyway.</p><p></p><p>Being a congenital cheapskate, and lazy to boot, I decided there had to be an easier way.</p><p></p><p>I had read about fire forming without a projectile by loading Unique, topped by a small wad of toilet paper to hold the powder next to the primer, topped by cream of wheat, and the whole topped by a wad of wax. Being a southern guy, I substituted grits for the cream of wheat, and a small square of aluminum foil for the wax. I annealed the brass before loading it. I started with 4 grains of Unique, which did not expand the neck to 7mm, and quit at 8 grains, which sometimes expanded totally and sometimes did not.</p><p></p><p>Next I substituted Bullseye for Unique, and found that 5 grains always fire formed the brass perfectly to the chamber. I did this with 20 cases and did not have any neck cracking, even though I did not anneal 5 of the cases. </p><p></p><p>My next step will be to test accuracy, but that will have to wait until I can cast some projectiles. I will add to this post when I do so.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Danny Ross, post: 3667850, member: 44647"] A TC Contender I got recently came with a 7mm TCU barrel. Checking online, I found that most videos showed using 7mm TCU dies to expand the .223/5.56 brass to 7mm, then fire forming the result in the barrel that will be using by firing a loaded cartridge. This process seemed unnecessarily complicated, not to mention expensive as it uses a 7mm projectile, of which there seem to be a shortage here anyway. Being a congenital cheapskate, and lazy to boot, I decided there had to be an easier way. I had read about fire forming without a projectile by loading Unique, topped by a small wad of toilet paper to hold the powder next to the primer, topped by cream of wheat, and the whole topped by a wad of wax. Being a southern guy, I substituted grits for the cream of wheat, and a small square of aluminum foil for the wax. I annealed the brass before loading it. I started with 4 grains of Unique, which did not expand the neck to 7mm, and quit at 8 grains, which sometimes expanded totally and sometimes did not. Next I substituted Bullseye for Unique, and found that 5 grains always fire formed the brass perfectly to the chamber. I did this with 20 cases and did not have any neck cracking, even though I did not anneal 5 of the cases. My next step will be to test accuracy, but that will have to wait until I can cast some projectiles. I will add to this post when I do so. [/QUOTE]
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