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Dark Helmet:
as the title states, are there any folks in Lincoln that do a lot of reloading.

I need some help getting a couple of things set-up right, and was hoping to consult an expert.

Dan W:
I am  experienced with 9mm, .45 ACP  and  way too many 12 gauge target loads, but I am a neophyte in the bottle necked rifle area

JimP:
What do you need to know?  I am not some mountaintop guru, but I have done a bit of reloading.

Dark Helmet:
I need to set some dies up for partial-full-length resizing...

been FL-sizing everything and want to stop taking that much of a toll on my brass... especially the 35 Whelen... the '06s (25 and 30), I'm less worried about brass life, but moreso about the SUPER SLOPPY chamber in the 30-06.  figured partial sizing would be the best bet to mitigate those worries.

I would also love to borrow an electronic powder scale... my wife's kitchen scale won't do "grains" or I'd just steal it!

Toster:
I do a bit of every type of reloading; I have a couple MEC progressive for the shotguns, a single stage for the rifles, and a Hornady progressive for the handguns & .223.  The best investment I have made so far is the RCBS electronic power measure.  The one that augers out the load.  The new style is fast and very nice when reloading 500+ 22-250 rounds for prairie dogs!  You just have to use the ?stock? tray and then it automatically runs out the next charge, about as fast as I can get the bullet seated and put in the box.  Most loads are spot on with a few within a tenth of a grain.  If it goes over just dump back out and let it go.  I think I had 4-5 that were over the 39.4 grains I was loading of Varget on the 500 I just did.  And Varget is a tough power to meter well.


http://www.huntchat.com/archive/index.php/t-39795.html is a good discussion on neck sizing with full length dies?..Just back them off some, and do it.  I usually do that for the 22-250, all the same brass goes back to the same tight gun.   As for the hunting loads, use some good case lube (imperial) and full length is the way to go.  I don?t want a gun to jam up because I can?t chamber the second round on that 6x6 buck, he will already be running away!

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