halfmoonclip
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Some friends and I picked up old Walther PPs the other year and I have been reloading for them; our range officer was casting 71gr. RNL bullets sized .309". The resulting loads shot really straight and reliably.
Our supply of brass was getting old/splitting/lost, so I ordered a batch of Rem-UMC brass, the only thing currently available.
When I started loading in it, frequently the .309" bullet would drop right into the case.
After some examination, the new brass was found to have a .011" wall thickness, while the older brass tended to be .015". It appears that the thinner case walls have increased the inside diameter of the case.
I have ordered a Redding sizing die to replace the Lee I'm using; reputedly it should size the casings to a smaller diameter, and they should be round.
My question is what should I do about bullet diameter? The range officer bumped some bullets up to .313+", and those could be pressed solidly in to the case, tho' I thought the primers in these cases looked cratered when fired.
The reloading manuals use everything from .308" to .312" as bullet diameter.
Questions:
-any suggestions for solving the problem beyond what I'm doing?
-any source of brass other than Rem-UMC?
-any personal experience using the larger diameter bullets? One manual claimed that Gold Dots were .312".
Ideas? Suggestions?
Thnx in advance,
Moon
Our supply of brass was getting old/splitting/lost, so I ordered a batch of Rem-UMC brass, the only thing currently available.
When I started loading in it, frequently the .309" bullet would drop right into the case.
After some examination, the new brass was found to have a .011" wall thickness, while the older brass tended to be .015". It appears that the thinner case walls have increased the inside diameter of the case.
I have ordered a Redding sizing die to replace the Lee I'm using; reputedly it should size the casings to a smaller diameter, and they should be round.
My question is what should I do about bullet diameter? The range officer bumped some bullets up to .313+", and those could be pressed solidly in to the case, tho' I thought the primers in these cases looked cratered when fired.
The reloading manuals use everything from .308" to .312" as bullet diameter.
Questions:
-any suggestions for solving the problem beyond what I'm doing?
-any source of brass other than Rem-UMC?
-any personal experience using the larger diameter bullets? One manual claimed that Gold Dots were .312".
Ideas? Suggestions?
Thnx in advance,
Moon