Rusty_Rivers_911
Member
Hello all.
I've got a question regarding some rounds I recently loaded.
Been handloading for about almost two years, and recently had a bright idea to take apart my .308 dies to clean them up. When I reassembled, I didnt adjust the sizing dies correctly.
This was one of those mistakes I made, and learned from!
After I loaded about 400 rounds I went out to the range with my AR10 and none of the loads would feed. Tried to chamber in another ar10 and had the same problem, I had to use a hammer and piece of wood to pull the charging handle back to unchamber the rounds.
I adjusted and made about 250 more rounds the next day and they all shot great, no problems at all.
My question is in regards to the 400 that are loaded and not sized correctly.
The best thing to do would probably be to pull them, resize the brass and then load again.
Could I save time by removing the depriming pin/neck sizer from the sizing die, and run the loaded rounds through the sizing dies to correctly shape them while their loaded? My initial worry is that sizing a loaded round could put additional pressure and squeeze the neck tighter around the bullets (which are not crimped in).
If this sounds stupid, please let me know. I taught myself to reload and have done tens of thousands of rounds without significant problems until this. I live in a rural area without anyone to ask reloading questions to.
Thanks in advance!
Rusty
I've got a question regarding some rounds I recently loaded.
Been handloading for about almost two years, and recently had a bright idea to take apart my .308 dies to clean them up. When I reassembled, I didnt adjust the sizing dies correctly.
This was one of those mistakes I made, and learned from!
After I loaded about 400 rounds I went out to the range with my AR10 and none of the loads would feed. Tried to chamber in another ar10 and had the same problem, I had to use a hammer and piece of wood to pull the charging handle back to unchamber the rounds.
I adjusted and made about 250 more rounds the next day and they all shot great, no problems at all.
My question is in regards to the 400 that are loaded and not sized correctly.
The best thing to do would probably be to pull them, resize the brass and then load again.
Could I save time by removing the depriming pin/neck sizer from the sizing die, and run the loaded rounds through the sizing dies to correctly shape them while their loaded? My initial worry is that sizing a loaded round could put additional pressure and squeeze the neck tighter around the bullets (which are not crimped in).
If this sounds stupid, please let me know. I taught myself to reload and have done tens of thousands of rounds without significant problems until this. I live in a rural area without anyone to ask reloading questions to.
Thanks in advance!
Rusty