As some of you have surely seen i ended up with a rather decent Kropatschek in my lap, one in 8*60 (or 8*56 if you so wish)
The thing sure looks the part, and rest assured.. rest of it is too.
Now.
This is one of them old īuns that require you reshape brass, and as many before me i opted to go with 348Win as a parent casing.
Anneal to just below the waist line, and thus the reshape on both 8mm Lebel die and the proper 8*60 Kropa by RCBS is smooth as silk.
After reforming i opted to fire form the approx 100pcs of Win brass i got a hold of, and that also worked a million bux. No issues what so ever.
We cut our own molds, just with this rifle we havenīt had the time to arrive on doing it just yet so as iīm lazy i read up and ordered the LEE mold on 205 grains used by many, and this is where my troubles start.
Cast like 50+ up in a "semi stiff" alloy, no worries. However. This boolit is intended for a gas check, which as i regard it should really be an option as to use or not - per always.
What happens here though is that at 200 grains.. what i get to crimp the boolit in place and keep with referenced COAL is a case that ends up just shy of the lowest driveband.
Sure.
I guess i could crimp that on there, but it sure isnīt correct.
What gives?
I guess those of you down this path before me has some sort of solution to this? Even if i opt to put a gas check on there, itīll just be "brick on brick" in such a case scenario, which sure isnīt optimal either.
COAL in this case is said to be 81-82mm.