Re: Reloading Setup
Posted: Fri Aug 15, 2014 9:11 am
Interesting... Don't you get better results once the brass is fire formed?
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Reloading Setup
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Re: Reloading Setup
Posted: Fri Aug 15, 2014 9:12 am
I'll rephrase my question above. Why can't you use dry lube when full length resizing your brass? It's only recommended for neck sizing, but no one seems to explain why.
Re: Reloading Setup
Posted: Fri Aug 15, 2014 12:09 pm
Dry lube is fine for necks however it seems to lack the lubrication properties of something like Imperial Sizing Wax and I would worry about getting stuck cases on a full length sizing process.
Re: Reloading Setup
Posted: Fri Aug 15, 2014 1:39 pm
Thanks. My brain can't fathom why it would make any difference, but I'm sure that must the answer. It's so tempting to try it, but I won't! 
Re: Reloading Setup
Posted: Fri Aug 15, 2014 2:37 pm
It's quite simple, necks are parallel sided, case bodies are tapered.HALODIN wrote:Thanks. My brain can't fathom why it would make any difference, but I'm sure that must the answer. It's so tempting to try it, but I won't!
A tapered case will always require more 'lube than the straight side of the neck. Go on try using dry lube on the body of a case and try sizing it. I await you posts on how to remove a stuck case.
Re: Reloading Setup
Posted: Fri Aug 15, 2014 3:21 pm
Yes this must be the answer, but why is this true? Perhaps it's my lack of understanding of what happens when the case is pushed in to the die.
Steve E wrote:A tapered case will always require more 'lube than the straight side of the neck.
Re: Reloading Setup
Posted: Fri Aug 15, 2014 5:52 pm
I also FL every time - I've not detected any improvement in accuracy when only necksizing and regular annealing takes care of any over worked brass problemsjcampbellsmith wrote:I full length resize all brands of brass every time. Regards JCSHALODIN wrote:Quick question for those in the know - I've reloaded a batch of federal .308 brass 5 times, which were full resized by me when I got them and then once fire formed to my rifle, neck sized only. Now they've worked fine until the 6th reload and when I was out last week, a few of them didn't go off (light strike) and then to add insult to metaphorical injury, it took 2 of us to make the rifle safe because of hard extraction. Having run some tests on one of them tonight, the problem wasn't in the neck as I first thought, but a full resize has sorted the problem.
So my question is, how often should you do a full resize on your brass to avoid this and does the frequency depend on the manufacturer of your brass? My Federal brass seems quite soft by comparison to my Lapua brass.
Re: Reloading Setup
Posted: Fri Aug 22, 2014 5:08 pm
OK interesting thanks.