7stw
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My 7.08 may become AI!Agree with above. Love my Ackleys. Also reduces case stretching and frequency of having to trim cases
My 7.08 may become AI!Agree with above. Love my Ackleys. Also reduces case stretching and frequency of having to trim cases
YesSO, you have a chamber cut for Ackley Improved and then you fireform a regular case?
I may be misunderstanding your question.I have a question to add to this topic.
Once you have formed brass through whatever method, what method can you use to reload it? For example I have the standard die set to load my factory spec rounds to shoot and form to improved. Can I then use say a Lee collet neck die to size just the neck then seat a bullet with my standard seating die in order to get to 3x fired brass to send off for a custom die set?
This has been the part of the process I have been hung up on in deciding if I want to go improved or not on my new build. I know I can get custom dies made based off my reamer print but Whidden says the best way is by 3x fired brass and if I was going to go this rout and spend the extra money I would want to do it the best way. But how do I get to 3x fired brass without the custom dies to begin with?
Thanks for any help guys
Now you're really messing with his headI have 243AI, 250AI, 257AI, 280AI, & 7x57AI and love them all. You can also FF using the cream of wheat method if you don't want to use bullets during these lean times. I use coffee (yes, before brewing) rather than COW because its already burned. For my 250AI cases I used 15 gr of IMR Red, fill with coffee to the bottom of neck and then stuff enough tissue in the neck to keep it in place and fire it. Adjust powder as needed to get fully formed shoulders. The amount varies according to case size so start down at 12 gr and work up. Keep in mind these are load and blow coffee out the end so treat it as if it were a bullet in there. Also check in the shoulder body corner for burnt filler. I had COW burn and get packed in there and was easily removed with a pick. Didn't have this issue with coffee. Clean bore when done as this will dirty it up pretty good but isn't hard to remove.
I have a Whidden custom dies and he is not asking for a 3X fired brass from your rifle's chamber, but instead, 3 fired brass. They will take the average of the 3 brass to make your custom dies ...I have a question to add to this topic.
Once you have formed brass through whatever method, what method can you use to reload it? For example I have the standard die set to load my factory spec rounds to shoot and form to improved. Can I then use say a Lee collet neck die to size just the neck then seat a bullet with my standard seating die in order to get to 3x fired brass to send off for a custom die set?
This has been the part of the process I have been hung up on in deciding if I want to go improved or not on my new build. I know I can get custom dies made based off my reamer print but Whidden says the best way is by 3x fired brass and if I was going to go this rout and spend the extra money I would want to do it the best way. But how do I get to 3x fired brass without the custom dies to begin with?
Thanks for any help guys
Can you let me know what place requires three times firing on three pieces of brass? I've routinely sent brass into Redding,Lee and Whidden and even Forester in the past and they only asked for three or five pieces of once fired brass. Has something changed or is there a better of doing this that's come about?To do the fire forming 3x to send in brass for a custom sizing die, I ordered the seating die in advance, then tapped a bushing on the neck a little way and pulled it off. Just enough to hold the bullet firmly in the case.
I used a fire forming load and made sure the bullet was jammed into the lands about .015" also.
Then sent 3 cases that were 3x fired in to make the sizing die.
Yes, to the collet resize, but no to the seating die. The AI brass will now be broader at the top, and wont let you push it up far enough, to support the shoulder, while seating.I have a question to add to this topic.
Once you have formed brass through whatever method, what method can you use to reload it? For example I have the standard die set to load my factory spec rounds to shoot and form to improved. Can I then use say a Lee collet neck die to size just the neck then seat a bullet with my standard seating die in order to get to 3x fired brass to send off for a custom die set?
This has been the part of the process I have been hung up on in deciding if I want to go improved or not on my new build. I know I can get custom dies made based off my reamer print but Whidden says the best way is by 3x fired brass and if I was going to go this rout and spend the extra money I would want to do it the best way. But how do I get to 3x fired brass without the custom dies to begin with?
Thanks for any help guys
Oops, Brother Bean beat me to it.Yes, to the collet resize, but no to the seating die. The AI brass will now be broader at the top, and wont let you push it up far enough, to support the shoulder, while seating.
Can you let me know what place requires three times firing on three pieces of brass? I've routinely sent brass into Redding,Lee and Whidden and even Forester in the past and they only asked for three or five pieces of once fired brass. Has something changed or is there a better of doing this that's come about?