nicholst55
02-03-2008, 11:02 PM
I recently pulled the J-word bullets from some click-BANG! .303 British ammo that I bought from Sportsman's Guide some time ago, and was loading the bullets into commercial cases for plinking ammo. I had encountered what I thought was a problem with some Privi brass that I had - the cases wouldn't hold some of the bullets tightly.
It never occurred to me to mike the bullets until AFTER I had deprimed, annealed, and collet sized that brass again, only to encounter the same problem. Some of the bullets were a slip fit in the necks.
I miked a random sample of bullets, and found that most were right at .310". However, a few ran .306"! I pulled a couple of the loose bullets from my assembled ammo - .306"!
My ammo has two headstamps, and now it appears that one of the two has smaller bullets! I never paid attention when I was pulling the bullets, but some (Kynoch) repeatedly slipped out of the collet in my bullet puller. Wonder if they're the .306" bullets? I still have a couple hundred rounds left, so I guess I'll have to pay attention from now on, and segregate the bullets by size. :roll:
It never occurred to me to mike the bullets until AFTER I had deprimed, annealed, and collet sized that brass again, only to encounter the same problem. Some of the bullets were a slip fit in the necks.
I miked a random sample of bullets, and found that most were right at .310". However, a few ran .306"! I pulled a couple of the loose bullets from my assembled ammo - .306"!
My ammo has two headstamps, and now it appears that one of the two has smaller bullets! I never paid attention when I was pulling the bullets, but some (Kynoch) repeatedly slipped out of the collet in my bullet puller. Wonder if they're the .306" bullets? I still have a couple hundred rounds left, so I guess I'll have to pay attention from now on, and segregate the bullets by size. :roll: