These are my first rifle rounds, have just been doing my 460 up till now. Okay I own two 7mm-08 just started reloading. I made first 5 rounds and they wouldn't camber in the bolt action but would in the single shot. So i tightened the die down a bit and the empties will now chamber. SO the question is before I add powder/bullet are these going to still chamber when done.
A newbie question, just seeing if doing it right
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TeamPrecisionIT
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Are you using a neck sizer or full length resizing die? It will make a big difference when chambering for different rifles. Neck sizing should only be used when firing the same cases from the same rifle and the plus side to neck sizing is greater accuracy since the case perfectly fits your rifle's chamber. With a full length sizer die, the brass will be worked down to the web to the SAAMI chamber specs which should work on all rifles chambered for that round.
To answer your second inquiry, no, the powder should not expand the case unless you use an immensely compressed load and even then the stretch would be negligible - usually less than .005" but this is with a load that the powder would be literally falling out of the case before bullet seating. However, the depth that you seat your bullet at will affect chambering dependent on the OAL and the bullet profile. With some longer bullets with a steeper angle, ogive (i.e. spitzer rounds), you can get away with longer OALs and still get the round to chamber properly since the bullet won't engage the rifling as soon. With the flatter bullets like soft points, that is not the case.
Hope this helps. Welcome to the grand science experiment with reloading!
Damian
To answer your second inquiry, no, the powder should not expand the case unless you use an immensely compressed load and even then the stretch would be negligible - usually less than .005" but this is with a load that the powder would be literally falling out of the case before bullet seating. However, the depth that you seat your bullet at will affect chambering dependent on the OAL and the bullet profile. With some longer bullets with a steeper angle, ogive (i.e. spitzer rounds), you can get away with longer OALs and still get the round to chamber properly since the bullet won't engage the rifling as soon. With the flatter bullets like soft points, that is not the case.
Hope this helps. Welcome to the grand science experiment with reloading!
Damian
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Properely adjusted, your FL die should be threaded down until the shell holder contacts the die on full stroke, and the press linkage should pop over slightly. Just the fact that you stating "maybe I should screw the die in further" or something to that effect, indicates you aren't completely resizing your brass and that will indeed cause your chambering issues, especially brass fired from a different rifle. One can get away with enough resizing to bring the neck back to size without resetting the shoulder or comlpletely sizing the wall. But again, it will make a difference which rifle will accept the brass. But if you are intending to get a neck type resizing of your brass you should spend the $20 for a nexk size die and load for each rifle with it's brass. It will help to extend the life of your brass also, but you'll still need an occasional FL now and then when chambering gets too tight, unless you add a colet to your process.
JimKirk
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Best dollars you can spend ...is to buy another set of dies ...one for each gun .... and leave each sizer die set for "that" gun. ...then the bullet seating dies can be set for different bullet types and can be swapped between guns. Just label the box with the settings and grab the correct box.
I have 4 sets of 44 Mag dies for one 44 mag ... each seater is set for different bullets.
Same with the two sets of 25/06 dies.
Jimmy K
I have 4 sets of 44 Mag dies for one 44 mag ... each seater is set for different bullets.
Same with the two sets of 25/06 dies.
Jimmy K
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