270 to 280/280AI HELP NEEDED!

[cowboy]

Make it easy on yourself have your new barrel chambered for the SAAMI nosler version 280 ackley improved ..get some nosler 280 Ackley brass and go shoot...

Good advise - I agree. Any other way trying to use your 270 brass will be like saving pennies that will end up costing you a dollar.

 

[boattailed bandit]

It's impossible.....You need to just pack all that lapua '06 brass up and send it to me. I can use it for my .30-06 AI.

It's a simple process, but a very time consuming process. I re-purpose 1x fired .270 Win brass for my .25-06 AI brass. I size the necks down, then trim to a special length that compensates for the 0.020" in neck shortening during fire-forming, and then chamfer and deburr the necks. Then I load them up, then shoot them.

It turns them from this (left), to this (right)...

Im intrested in going to a 25-06 or 25-06AI. Could you give a more detailed description of how you size down to that and such? Im still somewhat new to reloading and have only loaded for the 270 win with a lee classic loader (the hammer kind). Are you just pushing 270 cases into a 25-06 die to get them sized down and then trimming to appropriate length? Like i said any info would be great.

 

[MudRunner2005]

Im intrested in going to a 25-06 or 25-06AI. Could you give a more detailed description of how you size down to that and such? Im still somewhat new to reloading and have only loaded for the 270 win with a lee classic loader (the hammer kind). Are you just pushing 270 cases into a 25-06 die to get them sized down and then trimming to appropriate length? Like i said any info would be great.

Actually, I FL size the cases in a .270 Win die without an expander ball in the die (keeps the case neck smaller, so it's easier to size in the .25-06 AI die), since they have already been shot by someone else. Then I run them through the .25-06 AI FL sizing die. Then I trim the neck to 2.514". Then I chamfer and deburr the inside and outside of my case mouths. Then I load a light load of Alliant Reloder 19 powder (around 45 grains), then load a cheap Hornady Interlock seated touching the lands, that way there is no play forward or backwards and the case head is seated firmly against the bolt face. Then I take them to the range, and when I shoot them, out-pops a formed .25-06 AI brass that is within specs of 2.494" (case length after forming).

You can also do this same process to go from .270 Win to regular .25-06 Rem. Except you won't have to compensate for the added 0.020". Therefore you will just neck them down to .25-06 and then trim to 2.494", then chamfer and deburr the case mouths.

Building a .30-06 AI is even easier. You just load up .30-06 brass with a light load and a bullet up into the lands and shoot it. No trimming or any of that stuff. LOL I have one of these also.

 

[boattailed bandit]

Thanks! Glad i was atleast somewhat on the right track in my mind. Lol. I might be intrested in the 30-06AI as well. Heck i just like experimenting i guess. Might have to hit up the local pawn shops and see what i can build.

 

[flashhole]

This is how I do it.

Resizing Brass - Shooters Forum

 

[boattailed bandit]

This is how I do it.

Resizing Brass - Shooters Forum

Thanks for the link! This is exactly what i was looking for as a step by step.