Jonny2guns
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When reloading military brass, do you full length size, or small base size? The attached pic is full length sized and trimmed to length, but the brass does not fit my chamber gauge.
I will try it again tomorrow. Thanks for the feedback.FL size and make sure you have the sizing die cranked down. If shot in a MG it will be stretched an extra 0.015"+.
Yep, set per directions. I'll try it again tomorrow. If I remember correctly, I have had the same problem with 556 military brass as well.Shellholder touching the die? If not, re-read the instructions...
I small base every round, if it is to be used in an auto loader. Civilian and military.
Perhaps.I've never had any chambering difficulty just full length sizing. Maybe I'm just lucky?
Luck shows up no where else of which to speak. Upon further reflection, I think the bulk of what I have had is mostly older stuff. And considering, probably of a much lower percentage than commercial brass. I tend not to use military surplus brass mainly for the crimped primers. What strikes me as a large pain in the yarmush. Nor do I have any semi automatic rifles chambered for U. S. military cartridges except for a .30 M1 Carbine. I don't shoot the carbine in the volume of rounds like typically done with ARs and AKs. I do have several Government Model pistols, but I tend to shoot commercial brass through them.I size .223/5.56 to fit a Sheridan case gauge, which replaced a Wilson, because the Sheridan also does the diameter and catches some that pass the Wilson. I size .30-06 for my son's Garand to nearly max headspace in a Wilson gauge, considering upgrading to a Sheridan.
Perhaps.
Absolutely it does.So maybe I'm more picky than I realized. Which reasonably cuts down the 'luck' factor.
In my experience, I don't require a SB die to chamber my reloads in any rifle.