millerkiller77
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Working on a batch of 300wsm Norma brass. 3rd firing and most of them have the dreaded donut, no harm in uniforming the necks at the same time the donut is being removed.
What are you currently reloading?
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grizzly63
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OK, whats the dreaded donut? Is that the point where the brass is stretching and closer to the end of serviceable life ?
millerkiller77
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Where the inside neck meets the shoulder junction. Brass eventually flows from the shoulder to the inside of the neck creating a ring or "donut" at the junction. If you've ever seated bullets and felt more resistance or friction about halfway through the stroke, it's most likely a donut. The end cutter is caliber specific and only removes the donut, without cutting the inside of the neck. Maybe someone else can come along and give a little bit better description.
grizzly63
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That makes sense. If you full size, does it prevent this? I was thinking more along the lines of a case separation that shows up first as I shiny ring slight above a belted magnum belt.
millerkiller77
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Have you ever personally experienced case head separation, Or suspected incipient separation?
You'd have to be bumping the shoulders really far with a FL die to see separation after one or two reloads
grizzly63
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I have had neck seperation on 30/30 due to fl sizing with different rifles. Each rifle should have its own resizing die due to chamber differences. I have many 300 Win mag cases I stopped using because of the number of times they were shot and appearance of stress in the mentioned area. Which I read to be a sign of coming separation. Probably on the order of 10 reloads. Nothing last forever. Keep in mind I only anneal when changing cases to a different caliber. I used to do a lot of neck only sizing with dedicated cases for dedicated guns but even after a while the shoulders need to be bumped back a bit.
buffybr
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I shoot 3 or 4 rounds of Skeet every week, so I have an ongoing project every week of loading the shells that I shot the previous week. At a loading rate on my Hornady 366 loader of 5 minutes a box, that's only 15-20 minutes of loading time.
A couple of weeks ago I bought a mold for 300 gr bullets for my .44 mag pistols, so I have my Dillon press set up for them and am trying to work up an accurate load with them.
I found that the Dillon powder charge bar sticks with the fine grains of Win 296 powder, so I changed to my RCBS powder drop charger that works much better.
A couple of weeks ago I bought a mold for 300 gr bullets for my .44 mag pistols, so I have my Dillon press set up for them and am trying to work up an accurate load with them.
I found that the Dillon powder charge bar sticks with the fine grains of Win 296 powder, so I changed to my RCBS powder drop charger that works much better.
millerkiller77
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Those terminal Ascent bullets are really hard to come across and almost as spendy as loaded ammo. When you find them, stock up....
millerkiller77
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Are you forming those from .45-70?
Yes, I bought some new Starline 45-70 and annealed them first and then ran them in a seating die but not quite full depth, then in the 33 fl die. I did 50 and never lost one.
Sheltowee
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.338-06 ladder test with 190gr. Hammer HHTs and H4895, Norma brass and CCI BR-2 primers.
I’m following for results!
millerkiller77
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Is it the lighting, or are the tips an aqua blueish color?
Sheltowee
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Yeah, they’re more of a mint green but in that light look aqua blue. Not as cool as @Dsnow9’s pink bullets but they’ll do.
millerkiller77
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Loaded these up a few weeks ago. I left the brass in the wet tumbler too long and peened all the case mouths (400 pieces). I can feel the inconsistent tension when seating and verified it with gage pins. The cases aren't long enough to trim so it's basically plinking ammo until they stretch a bit.. I'll shoot the last 80 this week and start over. Not here to start a wet vs dry vibe debate, but that extra hour in the wet will ruin a batch of brass whereas an extra day or two in dry vibe is never a problem. 
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Sheltowee
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How do your SDs compare from LRP to SRP 6.5 Creed loads?
Dr. samuel_284Win
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Reloaded some 300 Win Mag target and hunting ammo a few nights ago with my brother-in-law.
On the left: Nosler 210 gr RDF with 78.24 gr of H1000, COAL of 3.49, FPS of ~ 2960
On the right: Barnes 175 gr LRX with 75.5 gr of RL-26, COAL of 3.47, FPS of ~ 3090
Mag well is a touch over 3.5 so seating to max depth essentially. Not interested in hand feeding. Jam point for my rifle is 3.62.
On the left: Nosler 210 gr RDF with 78.24 gr of H1000, COAL of 3.49, FPS of ~ 2960
On the right: Barnes 175 gr LRX with 75.5 gr of RL-26, COAL of 3.47, FPS of ~ 3090
Mag well is a touch over 3.5 so seating to max depth essentially. Not interested in hand feeding. Jam point for my rifle is 3.62.
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