Actually it take very little force to size down from .311 to .305. My lead hardness is somewhere in the middle as I am using range scrap for my melt.
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Type: Posts; User: ScottScott
Forum: Cast Boolits
Actually it take very little force to size down from .311 to .305. My lead hardness is somewhere in the middle as I am using range scrap for my melt.
Forum: Cast Boolits
I am measuring with calipers. I take measurements both parallel and perpendicular. Both measurements provide the same .311 measurement. After running through a brand new Lee .308 sizing die I take...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Why are my cast bullets coming out of the sizing die too small?
They go into the .308 sizer at .311 and don’t come out.308.
They are coming out at .305
Lead: range lead
Cast temp: 650-750...
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