A friend works at a gun range and gives me all the 270 that gets tossed in the brass bucket. Surprising that many don't bother to reload for it. It started as an experiment in will it work. Have plenty of 8mm brass. I read up on people annealing cases etc. But I found just cutting most of the neck off a 270 or 30/06, then shoving it thru a full length die, then back thru with the expander in it, does fine. I already had a neck turner to thin down what once was shoulder brass to the neck, same spec as factory brass .010.
Only problem is they are a bit tight closing the bolt. Figuring its the base where the sizing die doesn't quite get to due to the shell holder being in the way. Its a bit thick just forward of the solid part of the case. Anyone have a solution to this?