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Thread: What was the first brass you converted

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    Boolit Bub
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    256 win mag from .357 mag

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    223 > 20 Practical

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    30/40 KRAG to .303 BRIT.

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    2506 to 6mm06
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    7mm TCU back in the early 80s,and then moved on to the 30 Herrett. I still load for both and a couple others.

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    1) .303 British to 2" .410 for an Ishapore No.1 Mk III Lee Enfield.
    2) .348 Win. to 8mm Kropatchek.
    3) 24 ga. brass Shotshell to .577 snider to .577/450 Martini Henry.
    4) 6.5 Carcano to 7.35 Carcano.
    5) .30-30 to .375 Win.
    6) 5.56 to 6x45.

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    Does this count ? Way back around 1989 I was a grunt in 2/327 Inf, 101 Abn Div. AASLT. We were out in the back forty of Ft. Campbell, Ky and had just gotten issued the then new Beretta M9's ( I'm still P.O'd, M1911A1's rule). I had some 5.56 blanks a Swiss Army knife and lots of trees. I opened up some blanks saved the powder and measured the blank case appx 19 mm and cut it with the file/saw blade of my Swiss Army knife.The file was used to square up and deburr the case mouth as best as possible. I used the barrel as a case length gauge. Once the cases had been prepped I found an Oak tree got some thinner branches and set about whittling boolits. I just kind of dumped powder back in my cases, pressed in the very snug fitting wood boolits. They worked well out to 25 feet or so. The funny part was around 0200 hrs. I woke up startled because I heard crunching noises by my head, grabbed my flaslight and was face to face with a Bobcat. I shot him in the face. Kilt him to.

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    30/06 to .270

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    8x57mm Rem brass -> 7x57mm Lyman vise die -> 257 Roberts Wilson vise die -> 257 Roberts Ackley chamber fire form

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    .32-20 to .310 Cadet- 1965

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    .308 blanks to .243

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    .223 to R2 Lovell.
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    220 Swift into 6.5 Jap. Size the 220 and trim case neck.lenght.Turn neck to .014

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    Made 765 Arg. from 3006 brass....next time I will try to make 6.5 Jap from 35 Rem brass I have been picking up. afish4570

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    9x19 (Luger) to 9x18 ( Makarov). After fire forming out of my 9 mm it’s just required trimming the case of that 1mm. To date I’ve made about 2000 cases for my Bulgarian Makarov and My Polish P64
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    1. .30-06 -> .270 Win
    2. .250 Sav to .22-250
    3. .30-30 -> 7x30 Waters
    4. 6.8mm SPC -> Six5
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    Not much of a change but i turned 30-30 into 32 special for a friends grandfathers gun .
    They were fire formed is all as he loaded with a Lee pound die i was still in high school at the time .
    Last case conversion was 5.56 NATO to .221 Fireball .
    When I think back on all the **** I learned in high school it's a wonder I can think at all ! And then my lack of education hasn't hurt me none I can read the writing on the wall.

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    7-30 Waters from 30-30. Was nervous as heck to pull the trigger on the first one.
    Then 256 Winchester from 357. Bought a Contender carbine barrel from a member here and he included a set of forming dies. I had been been using the 256 seating die as a step but the forming dies eliminated ruined cases.

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    I have found with the 5.56 (223) neck down cases were ruined (when forming to .221 Fireball, then i removed the decapper neck expander and never ruined another case . The cases were ran in full length , rough trimmed in band saw, neck reamed in sizing die , annealed , then sized decapped and trimmed properly.
    When I think back on all the **** I learned in high school it's a wonder I can think at all ! And then my lack of education hasn't hurt me none I can read the writing on the wall.

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Abbreviations used in Reloading

BP Bronze Point IMR Improved Military Rifle PTD Pointed
BR Bench Rest M Magnum RN Round Nose
BT Boat Tail PL Power-Lokt SP Soft Point
C Compressed Charge PR Primer SPCL Soft Point "Core-Lokt"
HP Hollow Point PSPCL Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" C.O.L. Cartridge Overall Length
PSP Pointed Soft Point Spz Spitzer Point SBT Spitzer Boat Tail
LRN Lead Round Nose LWC Lead Wad Cutter LSWC Lead Semi Wad Cutter
GC Gas Check