25-06 Brass from 30-06

[MQ1]

86,

That ring halfway down the shoulder will likely stay for awhile if you don't anneal. The ring bugged me, but after a fireform shot and a good anneal, they pretty much disappeared after that. I actually use the ring as a gauge of how stout my fireform load is.

I also found that I had no issues annealing first, then running through the 25-06 die. Done that way, there was virtually no ring when fireformed with a mid range load. Now...that was with Lake City brass...if you tried the same with commercial brass you may find that annealing first may soften the brass too much and the shoulder may collapse...ask me how I know

MQ1

 

[86alaskan]

I used Remington brass only since that's what my standard 25-06 brass is anyway. I plan on loading midway with imr 4350 then annealing. It'll be my first try at annealing, so these reforms will be the perfect place to practice before I do it on my regular 25-06 or my coveted 284 Win brass. Thanks for all the tips

 

[dedogs]

86, Cat, and Roger, You guys are making me blush. :-[ :-[ Just trying to help out in case the re-forming goes awry. dedogs

 

[fourpower]

I have been doing that longer then I like to remember. I now anneal every 3 reload and now set up my dies for zero headspace. brass has been loaded over 20 times and only trimmed twice.

 

[AckleymanII]

I turn prior to necking down, saves a lot of headaches.

If you want to go a gentle method, then use a 270 bullet seater, then a 270 neck sizer, and don't allow either to touch the shoulder. A heavy chamfer on the outside of the neck is HUGE!

Lee sizing wax is king of the hill for lubes in this set of circumstances, much better than imperial!

 

[Brians356]

If you want to go a gentle method, then use a 270 bullet seater, then a 270 neck sizer, ...

For sizing down to 25-06, what's the 270 bullet seater doing for you?

 

[expiper]

and OBTW,,,dont forget that a bullet seater will roll a crimp on the case mouth if the ctg is pushed fully in when touching the shell holder(this is true with most seater dies !!) ,,,,I would rather use the .270 sizer only,,,,just my thoughts on it,,,Roger

 

[86alaskan]

yeah, I'm confused too. What exactly would a bullet seater do for me? I get the 270 sizer without the expander, but a seater?

 

[dedogs]

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