45-70 Goverment 500 RN

[Eric Johanen]

I found the problem when loading a batch of Remington short brass. Case length under 2.093 is just too short. Using short brass with the Shiloh inline seater they do not enter the die to a depth where the bell is fully removed from the case. A touch up with the taper crimp die solves the problem. I should just retire this brass as it has been paid for a long time ago but I have hard time scrapping brass and continue to use it for trigger time practice. Bullets seated with a grease groove exposed do not show any signs of leading and shoot fine. For serious shooting I use my supply of Winchester brass that run a full 2.100 to 2.103. Paper patch bullets are really working well with the proper length brass.