I had thought to speed my case resizing efforts by putting the Lee Case Length Gage and Cutter in a drill press chuck rather than use the Case Locking Stud in a cordless drill.
I discovered that the tip/end of Lee Case Length Gage was intended to contact the base of the Locking Stud that retains the case.
If the Lee Trimmer setup is used as intended the trim length is a pretty consistent across all case brands at 1.7580.
By using only the Case Length Gage and Cutter in the drill press the cases are pretty short.
Depending on case brand they came out as 1.7450 or 1.7340.
Reloading Manuals give a max length of 1.7600. I have not seen a minimum length.
Can these short necks be counted on for proper tension to retain a 55gr bullet?
They would be used in a bolt and semi-auto.
Would accuracy be worse compared to normal length cases?
Please let me know what you think.
Thanks.
I discovered that the tip/end of Lee Case Length Gage was intended to contact the base of the Locking Stud that retains the case.
If the Lee Trimmer setup is used as intended the trim length is a pretty consistent across all case brands at 1.7580.
By using only the Case Length Gage and Cutter in the drill press the cases are pretty short.
Depending on case brand they came out as 1.7450 or 1.7340.
Reloading Manuals give a max length of 1.7600. I have not seen a minimum length.
Can these short necks be counted on for proper tension to retain a 55gr bullet?
They would be used in a bolt and semi-auto.
Would accuracy be worse compared to normal length cases?
Please let me know what you think.
Thanks.