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Post by HuntMeister on Dec 21, 2013 10:06:56 GMT -5
Think I will observe how far above the collet top side an unaltered 35 Rem case protrudes and then try to duplicate that with my short cases. I got the scope on her last night and did a good clean on the action, chamber and bore. Today I plan to experiment with the shorty rounds, who knows maybe I will even get some rounds assembled. Now if this rain would get on outta here I could send a few down range!
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Post by HuntMeister on Dec 21, 2013 18:35:48 GMT -5
parson, I got to play around some with a couple of dummy round short cases. Are you putting a pretty heavy crimp on yours? I tried the 1/2 turn more after contact with the ram as the LEE directions indicate and when I pulled the bullet, the amount of force needed to do it was not much. I seated a couple more and then set the crimp die so that the 4 sections of the collet were nearly touching and the force needed to pull the bullet felt much better to me. The crimp die even left a ring on the brass that I could feel with my finger nail. When I pull a bullet, I just remove the die, set some washers on top of the press, run the bullet up through the washers. Then I grab a hold of the bullet with a pair of pliers and lower the press ram to pull the bullet.
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Post by parson on Dec 21, 2013 19:59:00 GMT -5
I'm going to be shooting these out oh a single shot so a heavy crimp isn't necessary. For pulling, I normally use an inertia puller.
Are you getting a satisfactory crimp?
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Post by HuntMeister on Dec 21, 2013 20:36:36 GMT -5
Based on the effort it takes to pull a crimped bullet I think I am getting a good crimp.
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Post by parson on Dec 22, 2013 18:32:53 GMT -5
I had opportunity to shoot a few of the shorties, as well as some factory loads. They had same point of impact. Around 1 1/2" at 50 yards. I'm sure that a little load development will improve this.
I think I'm ready for the antlerless season!
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