New brass preparation?
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New brass preparation?
What is the procedure for preparing new brass before reloading? I am probably going to have to buy new 44 mag brass for the Marlin when it arrives. Can I just de-burr the flash hole and reload or does it need sized etc?
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Re: New brass preparation?
Personally, when ever I get new brass, I always full length resize and check the OAL.
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douglas670
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i recently got new 303 brass and some of the case mouths werent exactly round whether bashed when packaged/posted etc i dont know,, but i would have full length sized them anyway as a matter of course.
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alan108
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I've always full length sized my new brass,quite often found some that weren't true.
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Robin128
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It does make sense to resize new brass...learnt something again!
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Using Lapua brass in .308 I never bother to FLS, instead I run a size mandrel through the neck and then neck size back again however it is for an AI with a 7,62x51 chamber that is probably at the upper limit. The AI seems to be able to swallow any .308 case regardless of what it was fired in.
Not really a fair comparison with GR/Pistol calibres
Not really a fair comparison with GR/Pistol calibres
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Sandgroper
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Re: New brass preparation?
Same here.Sim G wrote:Personally, when ever I get new brass, I always full length resize and check the OAL.
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