Recent content by CaptainCrossman

this is an old thread, but worth reviving- there's lot more to it than what you are proposing here. if you take a standard cartridge, fire form the case larger, and reload it with the same weight bullet and powder charge, the pressure will go DOWN. not up. you will have to ADD powder...

The dangers of dropping the firing pin when chambering a round are extreme personal injury or death, and they are real. Let me relate a story. Someone I know who has been shooting and building rifles for over 50 years, had a mishap once with an early Mauser M93. As you know the pre-98...

some of the above information is just completely WRONG. The Mauser does NOT have a "complete ring" in the receiver breech, it is cut through the right side, front to back, exactly like the Arisaka. Take a light and look in there for yourself. What you are seeing is the barrel face, not the...

oldie but goodie- the way to go with a Jap type 38 is have it chamber reamed to 6.5 x 57, or 6.5 x 257. I picked one up in 6.5 x 257 and it is one sweet shooter. There's no need to rebarrel it. The Japanese steels at the time were extremely high quality. One thing they could do well was copy...

December 19, 2010, 11:45 AM #6 Innovative Member Join Date: October 24, 2009 Location: Florida Posts: 216 The Belted Magnum Collet Resizing Die is totally different from any other type of sizing die. The top of this die also shows you when this "extra" resizing is needed. THERE IS...

no "extra" resizing should be used based on measuring of brass only that is a misleading approach to precision handloading for a bolt action- the way to test brass is as previously stated by other posteres here, if it chambers or not in the particular rifle being loaded for- any resizing beyond...

ditto- exactly and if you really want to resize right to the belt, you can have a collet and punch made, for about $20 take a piece of bar stock, drill a .512" hole in it, and cut the end off an old screwdriver to use as a punch. or buy an old manual reloading die w/punch, this is not a...

I can tell you have a lot of experience with reloading and aren't inclined to pay $100 for a die set, that in reality you don't need. EXACTLY- the problem with belted magnums not chambering, or any cartridge for that matter, is because of the SHOULDER getting work hardened and not being sized...

yes sloppy chambers do exist, the answer therefore is not to keep full length resizing to minimum spec and working the heck out of the brass, and making it expand and contract excessively each time the round is fired in that sloppy chamber again. that would heavily work the brass and DECREASE...

old thread but hot topic. I would not recommend spending $100 for a collet die set, that full length resizes a belted mag shell. Instead, I would recommend getting a Hornady neck sizer die. I bought one NOS for $20 at a gun shop, and it resizes the neck only, and doesn't touch the shoulder or...

May 9, 2005, 08:53 PM #2 Onmilo Member Join Date: July 26, 2004 Location: Illinois` Posts: 7,848 OH NOooooo!!!!!! Weatherby and H&H in no way interchange. It will take some doing but you should be able to come up with the proper Holland and Holland cartridges. Dealer may trade for the...

QUOTE: ID this cartridge!!! I found this cartridge (bottom) today as I was sorting through some of my grandfather's old belongings and can't figure out what it is. It is pictured below a .375 H&H (top) for comparison. The case is not tapered like the H&H, but has the same head and belt diameter...

Old thread worth reviving. I recently got a case of magnum-itis myself, and have played around with 264 Win Mag, 7mm Rem Mag, and 300 Weatherby Mag. Fast, accurate calibers, the downside is more recoil, and muzzle blast, and more expensive to reload, because they burn a lot of powder. Looking...

old thread, worth reviving. when Roy Weatherby invented the 300 Weatherby Magnum, he made brass cases for it, by fire forming 300 H&H brass, in the 300 Weatherby Magnum chamber. That was the standard way to make brass for a 300 Weatherby Magnum, until the proprietary Weatherby brass became...

Remington 700 The Remington 700 can withstand a 30 caliber bullet being fired through its 280/7mm caliber bore. The story is popular on the net, some guy loaded his Rem 700 280 caliber with one 308 round in the magazine, and on the 2nd shot chambered the 308 and fired it. The larger case taper...