Yet another Kropatschek, need advice
As some of you have surely seen i ended up with a rather decent Kropatschek in my lap, one in 8*60 (or 8*56 if you so wish)
https://i.postimg.cc/pLW2MtvJ/19.jpg
https://i.postimg.cc/j5s6z2YJ/30.jpg
The thing sure looks the part, and rest assured.. rest of it is too.
Now.
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This is one of them old ´uns that require you reshape brass, and as many before me i opted to go with 348Win as a parent casing.
Anneal to just below the waist line, and thus the reshape on both 8mm Lebel die and the proper 8*60 Kropa by RCBS is smooth as silk.
After reforming i opted to fire form the approx 100pcs of Win brass i got a hold of, and that also worked a million bux. No issues what so ever.
We cut our own molds, just with this rifle we haven´t had the time to arrive on doing it just yet so as i´m lazy i read up and ordered the LEE mold on 205 grains used by many, and this is where my troubles start.
https://i.postimg.cc/HsvPy6hc/47.jpg
Cast like 50+ up in a "semi stiff" alloy, no worries. However. This boolit is intended for a gas check, which as i regard it should really be an option as to use or not - per always.
What happens here though is that at 200 grains.. what i get to crimp the boolit in place and keep with referenced COAL is a case that ends up just shy of the lowest driveband.
Sure.
I guess i could crimp that on there, but it sure isn´t correct.
What gives?
I guess those of you down this path before me has some sort of solution to this? Even if i opt to put a gas check on there, it´ll just be "brick on brick" in such a case scenario, which sure isn´t optimal either.
COAL in this case is said to be 81-82mm.