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New brass preparation?
Posted: Wed Jun 15, 2011 4:18 pm
by Mike357
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?
Re: New brass preparation?
Posted: Wed Jun 15, 2011 5:31 pm
by Sim G
Personally, when ever I get new brass, I always full length resize and check the OAL.
Re: New brass preparation?
Posted: Thu Jun 16, 2011 6:14 am
by douglas670
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.
douglas
Re: New brass preparation?
Posted: Thu Jun 16, 2011 7:38 am
by alan108
I've always full length sized my new brass,quite often found some that weren't true.
Alan :)
Re: New brass preparation?
Posted: Thu Jun 16, 2011 7:39 am
by Robin128
It does make sense to resize new brass...learnt something again!
Re: New brass preparation?
Posted: Thu Jun 16, 2011 8:13 am
by ovenpaa
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
Re: New brass preparation?
Posted: Thu Jun 16, 2011 12:12 pm
by Sandgroper
Sim G wrote:Personally, when ever I get new brass, I always full length resize and check the OAL.
Same here.