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RE: smaller then bore slicks - bigted - 09-02-2012
cool man...i do have some 120 brass that are short...[older rcbs brass that is by norma ] ... so i will cut a couple down to see if they will give thicker necks to try with. also my adjustable mould is in .452 inch diameter so will need another mould when i discover what i need for a final diameter but thanks for the suggestions ... they help imensly!
RE: smaller then bore slicks - bigted - 09-03-2012
so went out in the shop and shortened a 3 1/4 inch rcbs [norma] case and kept shortening it till i got it to chamber for length...wound up at 2.119 inch ... so i chamfered it and took it in the reloading room and set about checking the wall thickness of this shortened case before i cut any more expensive brass down. this one meassured out at .0135 inch...my remingtons brass is at the .013 inch...my winchester cases are at .011 inch. so they are well thicker then my winnys but the remingtons are so close i doubt ill cut anymore long ones as they dont meassure out thick enough to make the difference.
fully sized down the remingtons grab the .441's patched to .4465 and the .444's patched to .450 are tight enough that i felt the need to run my .450 expander in em to ensure they would seat without screwing up the patch.
the winchester brass is what i been using so far so guess ill give the remingtons a try as i have a boatload of em.
is the Jamisson brass thicker then the remingtons per chance? id like to play with the .441 inch slicks as they snug into my hiwall bore just about rite...the ruger accepts the .444's patched just fine so ill play with em in it to see what it likes.
i still dont understand why the 18 inch twist will not shoot the liter shorter bullets tho...maybe it is the thinner brass not filling the chamber rite and the bumping is screwing up the base as it tryes to jump and swage into the rifling....been getting pretty clean shoots tho without leading so most of the patch must adhere to the bullet till it escapes the confines of the barrel...i see lots of confetti on the ground and also the nice cloud of paper settling to the ground with the shots...sooo?
RE: smaller then bore slicks - Lumpy Grits - 09-03-2012
As thick as that brass is, "I" would aneal them after the trim.
Gary
RE: smaller then bore slicks - bigted - 09-06-2012
what is the "normal" thickness?
RE: smaller then bore slicks - Lumpy Grits - 09-06-2012
WW runs on the thin side. R-P runs on the heavy side.
Gary