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Oh, thanks, Chill Wills! And everyone else as well.

Oh cool, thanks!

Though this still only gets the mouth opened up. The body still has to expand considerably, which is the problem I'm having.

It could be that I am just not understanding exactly how people are expanding necks with mandrels. MostlyLeverGuns, you mention the Lee EZ X expander. I see it on their website, and they make it...

What happens when you send a very undersized bullet down a bore? I'm not talking about accuracy, I'm talking about what happens in the barrel? Could I use, say, a 38 cal bullet to fireform 348...

Thanks, all. It's a Lyman 457483 for sixty five bucks. No handles. Though I just realized that gas checks are not allowed in BPCR Silhouette, which is what I am pursuing. If anyone's interested...

Hi all. Does this look like it'll clean up or should I steer clear?

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Thanks for that input!

Potentially dumb question, but you mean the "milsurps" site?

Can anyone recommend a gunsmith to mod a 1903 for mounting the 8x Malcolm scope? I hear the CMP is backlogged.

Thank you! The Arsenal bullet is actually only .60".

Thanks, everyone! As for brass, I'm using new Starline.

Thank you for the advice. It's an M&P (not 2.0). I am hunting out west and it's meant as a bear/cougar defense. I know ppl argue all day about what's the appropriate caliber for that. I am not...

Thanks!

I bet the Lee site just didn't work right when it showed me .410 for the sizer. I do have the bullet seated deeply enough to get the COAL right.

After letting the slide slam home a couple of...

I apologize if this is covered somewhere (I'm sure that's a common way to start a thread), but my search for 40 S&W pulled up zero results. Seems unlikely, but ok.

I cast some hard 200 gr bullets...

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Don't think so. It barely contacts it.

I'm pretty new to the fire-forming-semi-obsolete-cases world, so forgive my ignorance. Is there a reason why not just blowing it out with an actual load isn't perfectly good? Honest question.
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Just did 2 more from fresh cases. Put about 1/8" of tape next to the rim to fill out the space in the chamber. Upped the powder half a grain, pre-trimmed the case. Fired exactly vertical. Got the...

Thanks. If I end up going this route, what rating of bolts did you use? I'm still a bit hazy on how to identify strength vs hardness. From what I can tell, a grade 8 bolt has high tensile strength...

I do not. What's the potential problem with just firing it with a charge of BP and a bullet? Is the idea that the case wall is now too thin somewhere and could blow out? If so, what part is...

Oil it with... gun oil? Motor oil? Gear oil? What's the theory there?

What do you mean by coke bottle thing?

Question for all: should I just abandon these 10 cases or will they be ok to fire with a full load?

BK7saum, well...not perfectly vertical. I had to get it out past the roof over the benches at the range. Will try more powder.

Bertus: I didn't trim first because I didn't want to over trim...

Hi there. I'm in the process of forming some .348 Win cases for .50-70. I'm working with 10 cases as a test run. First off, I think I got a bit too eager because I forgot to anneal them. But,...