valleyforge.1777
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I want to pull the bullets from some loaded ammo and then use the primed brass to load other powder and other bullets. I will be using the grip-n-pull tool with each round mounted in a case holder in a single stage RCBS press for the pull process. Do I need to re-size the necks before loading new powder and bullets? If so, I know that I need to remove the decapping pin from the resize/decap die.
I have some factory-loaded 7.7x58 mm Japanese ammo from PCI cartridge company. The bullets are .310 and are too small for my rifle, giving shots that spread out wildly. From the looks of the rounds, it seems likely that the manufacturer was using bullets pulled from some other ammo, perhaps 7.62x39? I will probably discard the powder because I don't know what they used to load the ammo, but I want the primed brass to load my own ammo with bullets of .311 or .312 diameter. Hornady 7.7x58 factory ammo (from 10+years ago) with SP and with SST bullets makes much better groups than the PCI ammo.
I have some factory-loaded 7.7x58 mm Japanese ammo from PCI cartridge company. The bullets are .310 and are too small for my rifle, giving shots that spread out wildly. From the looks of the rounds, it seems likely that the manufacturer was using bullets pulled from some other ammo, perhaps 7.62x39? I will probably discard the powder because I don't know what they used to load the ammo, but I want the primed brass to load my own ammo with bullets of .311 or .312 diameter. Hornady 7.7x58 factory ammo (from 10+years ago) with SP and with SST bullets makes much better groups than the PCI ammo.