What was the first brass you converted

[Doggonekid]

6mm br to 22 br. Time consuming to me I had never done it before. Got 400 done that should last me for a while. Must of done it right because my xp100 can nail ground griz over 500 yards. (Not every time of corse but I am happy with my results.) Anything out to about 350 most of the time is right on.

[WouterNL]

.348Win -> "8x60R" to fit my Steyr M1886 Kropatschek

[shdwlkr]

bwb
I first did 270 from 06
then I went to 256 win mag from 357 mag
I use the same sizing lube I use when I size to reload, nope don't know what one as I like to try so many different things that I am not sure which I like best but I have used hornady sizing lube, Mobil 1 motor oil, Rcbs lube, wire pulling lube, and many others all worked to some degree of success.

[tangolima]

Anybody tried fire forming 38 spl into 41 long colt? That's what I am going to do next.

BTW, any recommendation on 41 long colt reloading die? The cheapest one is $70 made by redding. Thanks.

-TL

[Bad Water Bill]

When I acquire a new set of dies I take a bore mop and apply some Flitz to the mop and run it thru the die for a few seconds.

It polishes the sharp edges left after machining and, at least for me, seems to make it much easier to run brass thru.

[Coffeecup]

Earliest I can recall was the ".225 Kraut." A friend had a guild rifle he'd picked up cheap, but no idea what it was chambered for. I spent a summer playing with it trying to load ammo. Started with a sulfer cast of the chamber, compared it to available brass, and figured I could make it from '06. Maybe.

Resized fired military cases, then necked down in .270 Win, 25-06, then 22-250,dies, using ivory dish soap as the case lube. Squared up the case mouth. Fire-formed with a charge of bullseye and a 55 grain HP loaded backwards to engage the rifling and keep the case against the bolt face. Neck-sized the brass, loaded with a guessed-at starter charge, and found the bullets wouldn't hit the side of a barn. Finally got it to shoot well with a .225 bullet made in a set of RCBS dies, and charges for a 22-'06 wildcat from Sharpe's book. Looking back, I suspect it was a 5.6x61 Vom Hofe.

After that, it was 8mm Kurz for a rifle we put together to play with. It was a quick cut-form-ream job from 7.62 cartridges.

[country gent]

Polish expander balls with very fine sand paper or a cratex stick then fine cotton cloth and flitz or simichrome polish the high polish reduces force and drag. Use BBs ( plastic or copper coated steel) in your neck luber under brush keeps motor mica, graphite or molybneum from clumping on outside of neck.

[Mr Peabody]

The first was 33 Winchester from 45-70 cases. The men at Huntington's were the best of help.

[rking22]

First was 308 to 243 in 1974, then 357 to 256Win for a contender. Then more Contender stuff, 30 and 357 Herrets, 38 Special to 30cal. Now a short version of 35 Whelen. 243 is the only one I don't still have !

[lightman]

I don't remember the first. It may have been 308 from 308 blanks. I converted a few berdan primed cases to boxer, just playing around. I also played with making 308 from lots of other stuff. The only thing I have done lately is 357 Herrett from 30-30. Its kinda fun!

[chief3]

My first one was 8X57 fire formed into 9.5 X 57 about 40 years ago That started many years of fun and too many conversions to list.

[jr612]

Does cutting down the 460 Rowland to 45acp count?

[Bad Water Bill]

Only if you succeeded with your project.

[Lead Fred]

Odd six to 8mm x 57, then to 8mm-06 Gibbs.
Same two CZ-24s

[gmsharps]

30-06 to 9X56MS

gmsharps

[ulav8r]

44 Special trimmed to 11mm German revolver with self made file die, about 1972. Used load recommended by PO Ackley. Still have the letter he sent me. Next was 30-06 to 25-06 for my dad.

Used a Lyman 310, think I shortened the sizing die and maybe the crimp die. They are in a pile of boxes in the garage, would take a day or two to dig them out to check.

[Bad Water Bill]

Used load recommended by PO Ackley. Still have the letter he sent me.

That is one letter you MUST post so that the rest of us OLD timers can enjoy seeing some of his wisdom again.

[Preacher Jim]

22-30-30 for a old martini I acquired in 1958.
22 varminter in 1959 followed by 25 nieder. Man am I getting old.
Remember when we made our own jacketed hollow point pistol bullets.

[RedneckRob]

My first was 8mm Label to .41 Swiss. Then it was 50-90 for my Beaumont. Next will be for a Japanese type 18 Murata.

[phaessler]

.270, 06' to 8x57, trim and push the shoulders back then fireform, but since I acquired a Redding Form/Trim die its almost 2 easy.

.30-06 to .22-250 --> .22-250AI 40deg, after fireforming the .22-250's in my Ackley they were always 0.020" too short for the chamber cast, came acroos a set of RCBS form dies to make .22-250 from 30-06/.308, its quite a few step and after making over 500pcs, I am probably set for a while. Dies were an Ebay find a few years ago, and was surprised to see what they cost.
Attachment 130351
5 steps, reaming, trimming, neck turning, and sizing, then fireforming, resizing, and neck turning sometimes again.

Pete