▲ 72 r/shittyreloading
I am a bad and stupid person, laugh at me
You’ve heard of stuck cases in sizing dies, but have you heard of stuck cases in expanding dies?
u/gakflex — 7 days ago
▲ 3 r/castboolits
Seating oversized Boolits
I am using NOE 434-258 dropped PC bullets sized to .433, intending them for my Ruger Super Blackhawk with .4315 cylinder throats. Loading them on a Dillon 550 with a stock 44-cal expander funnel. Thing is, in order to expand my cases to the point that they aren’t shaving off PC, the cases are catching on my sizing die and particularly my crimp die. It works, but it’s ugly and running the press is a chore. I’m wondering if anyone has used any of the aftermarket funnels for Dillon presses to remedy this issue? I’ve come across one from photoescape and uniquetek. Or is there anyone who makes custom funnels?
u/gakflex — 2 months ago
▲ 2 r/reloading
H2O case capacity and trim length
I am giving GRT a shot and measuring case capacity, and I’m all hung up on where trimming fits into the equation.
I’ve got ten once-fired Hornady 300 Savage cases (from factory loads). I did nothing to them, left the primer in place, and did my measurements, reaching a pretty good, consistent number across all but one outlier.
Where does trimming fit into this? I figure I deprime, anneal, size, then trim: but isn’t this new trim length going to affect my case capacity measurement? Am I overthinking this?
u/gakflex — 2 months ago
▲ 36 r/reloading
I see the appeal of an annealer
…or maybe one of those cheapo DIY induction-coil devices. Not fun to do 300 pieces in one sitting with this method.
u/gakflex — 3 months ago