Originally Posted by
JSH
IF you have a bandsaw with a fine tooth blade, a jig can be made to rough cut to length out of a piece of oak. Drill appropriate size hole, split length wise, then use a screw and wing nut to clamp them up in. Set the fence for the proper length.
We did this for all of the Herrett and US cartridges. Thought I had my jig but must have repurposed it. The jig held ten cases at a time. Clamping them up and making the jig wide enough so no more than necessary was out, cases cut very nice and pretty clean.
Using range brass, no matter how good it looks or what it was shot out of, is much akin to going to the junkyard looking for tires to drag race with, then complaining you never win. The end product will be no better than what you start with. Use range brass to maybe get a feel for swaging down, but I would not count on it for the long haul.
Spending time energy and effort to make cases is not a small task.
I won't stir the pot, but a lot of the issues folks have with cases not lasting has little to do with pressures causing it. Headspace on the shoulder and you will be fine, headspace on the rim........Bellm is not the final word on sizing for these break action pistols,mbut he does a good job explaining. For the most part, anything you know or think you know about sizing brass and reloading does not completely apply to these.