Recent content by williek69

I had the same issue/question. My .223 cases were short (new) both before AND after sizing. I didn't see any significant lengthening post sizing, either. I just went by cartridge overall length and all was good.:D I hope this helps. Willie

Deprime Tumble followed by a quick inspection to catch the obvious Clean primer pocket Resize/trim followed by cleaning off case lube if not using carbide dies Tumble with newer walnut shell media followed by a 100% inspection under magnifier. Then finish processing. Before...

I've got the manual version of hte trim pro and also had some tight pilots until I applied a little case lube to the tight pilots. All better now... Oh, and I also lubed as described above. It helps everything slide smoothly as it's supposed to.

I resized some of the .223's and they are still .010"-.015" shorter than the trim to length. They must've been really short from the factory.

After seeing the number of reloaders that can't seem to find primers at any price, I went lookin'. www.GunsAmerica.com has many listings, although they seem to be a bit overpriced. If you're desperate and have stuff jingling in your pockets (pants not primer)you might want to have a...

Before you junk the gun in favor of another, why not talk to a gunsmith first?? I used to have an RG revolver in .22 and really shouldn't have gotten rid of it. It was a great shootin' gun even at twice the price. But I thought, all those many years ago, that I just had to have a gun with a...

I forgot to include a picture. And I know pictures are always appreciated. Sorry....:banghead: The revolver models top to bottom are the Model of 1950, the Model of 1955 and the Model of 1989.

I currently have a blued S&W model 25-2, (Model of 1950) , a blued S&W Model 25-2, (Model of 1955) and a S&W Model 625-3, (Model of 1989) in stainless. By the way, all are in like new condition. So in answer to your question: I guess I do!!

That's what I was hoping to hear. I didn't see where shorter brass is as important as COAL. Thanks again for the info.

Maybe I didn't make myself clear as I could have. After firing, I deprimed the brass and then tumbled it to clean it up for resizing. Just because I'm so anal, I decided to measure the cases prior to any resizing whatever. I wanted to see where they were both before and after I resized...

I am green-horn newbie reloader. I have a question regarding once fired brass that measures below “trim to” length. I have not found this particular question addressed in any of my reloading related books. Some .40 S&W brass is .003”-.005” undersize BEFORE trimming. I also have some .223...