I've always wanted an 88/90 Austrian Mannlicher, An archaic straight pull from the dawn of small caliber, high velocity military rifles. So, bought the rifle, acquired the essential enbloc clips. have a mold and am going to bite the bullet and send for the very expensive dies (heck,8x50r rifles are not that uncommon). suppose i should of started with new,boxer primed 8x56r brass (yes, they make it!) but could not pass up a bargain and got 200 Winchester 7.62 Russian brass instead.
I'm about to take on the task of forming. I pretty much have an idea of how to do it. (have experience with all the easy ones, (7.65 arg and 7.7 jap from 30/06. 8m/m Lebel from 348 and 32 spl from 30/30) But this one seems a little more intimidating, if for no other reason other than i bought everything from scratch. My other projects were with guns,brass and dies I already had, nothing to lose!
So I hope someone will add "the 8x50 is easy, had no trouble with it at all" (probably would of been with the 8x56 brass, not so much with the 7.62x54!) Anyway, if anyone can warn of any pitfalls or tips to success i'd be thankful.