Economical way to get 30'06 dies from 308

[CBS220]

Just curious if you've ever picked up any LC "once fired" .308 from Midway? I had the same opinion until I tried to process a batch of that stuff. W/O a SB die that stuff would NOT chamber in my Savage 10FLP . .the machine guns that stuff had been fired in was definately not friendly to just regular FL sizing.

This is the one exception (Mainly MG-fired brass) that I believe I alluded to in my post. If you plan to shoot this stuff, an SB die is called for- but only once.

 

[dmftoy1]

Sorry but I make a habit of NOT buying brass that's been fired in chambers that are grossly out of SAAMI spec. I don't care how cheap it is. That being said did you just run the die down on your raised shellholder on a full length die OR did you run the die in another 1/4 farther down after shellholder contact?

Yup, resized EXACTLY per spec. I wasn't sure I was going to like shooting .308's at the time so the brass from Midway looked to be a good deal. You can bet I tried every combination/permuation of the FL die before I bought a SB die as I'm one cheap SOB.

Have a good one,
Dave

 

[Gewehr98]

I don't know about that...

What is with the sudden urge for everyone to get SB dies?

Totally pointless, IMO. The only actual reason I have ever heard for anyone buying them is to correct the dimensions of brass that had been fired in MGs.

Full length dies will work just fine.

I've got a tight-chambered 1969 Belgian Browning BAR in .30-06 that would argue otherwise. SB dies save me from having it sent to Browing for a chamber clean-up.