Ruger44mag
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Hey everyone,
I went to the store last night and picked up a box of hornadys FTX bullets for my 30-30. On the box it said "30 cal .308 160gr FTX". This morning I went over to the reloading bench and started to reload some of the rounds. I got the powder all measured out and poured it in the brass and then continued on to seat the bullet. I placed the bullet in ram and proceeded to lift it into the seater die. As the bullet touched the top of the die I felt it seat just a little (I had the seater backed out all the way so I could set the OAL) into the brass. I backed the ram down to inspect the case. To my surprise the FTX had crushed the shoulder and neck of the brass. I put 4 more in and they all did the same thing. I was starting to think that maybe I had picked up the wrong box. So I went and got a factory 30-30 FTX pulled the bullet and compared it to the ones I bought from the store the night before. They measured the exact same. I went ahead to seat the factory FTX back in its original case and it did the same thing the others did. So basically I am stumped! I have absolutely no idea why it’s doing that! Any suggestions would be appreciated.
I went to the store last night and picked up a box of hornadys FTX bullets for my 30-30. On the box it said "30 cal .308 160gr FTX". This morning I went over to the reloading bench and started to reload some of the rounds. I got the powder all measured out and poured it in the brass and then continued on to seat the bullet. I placed the bullet in ram and proceeded to lift it into the seater die. As the bullet touched the top of the die I felt it seat just a little (I had the seater backed out all the way so I could set the OAL) into the brass. I backed the ram down to inspect the case. To my surprise the FTX had crushed the shoulder and neck of the brass. I put 4 more in and they all did the same thing. I was starting to think that maybe I had picked up the wrong box. So I went and got a factory 30-30 FTX pulled the bullet and compared it to the ones I bought from the store the night before. They measured the exact same. I went ahead to seat the factory FTX back in its original case and it did the same thing the others did. So basically I am stumped! I have absolutely no idea why it’s doing that! Any suggestions would be appreciated.