S. Sheldon, Is that the best you can do, if you do not know or "I have never given it a thought but I have always assumed the shoulder moved"?? I did not expect you to make a turn into the dirt but I knew you were not going to say "I do not know" and as soon as you jumped into the fast lane I suspected you would run out of gas.I do not expect answers but I was thinking someone on this forum would have an ideal, and then there is a very remote chance someone would say something like "I have never given it a thought but I have always assumed the shoulder moved".
as soon as you jumped into the fast lane I suspected you would run out of gas.
Yep! that will get you a laugh as you get the ticket!
as soon as you jumped into the fast lane I suspected you would run out of gas.Now that is funny
F. Guffey
NOW THAT THERE IS FUNNY!! We should use this as a reply to all of Guffey's posts. dedogsDid you just quote yourself then give yourself a high five?
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I have formed few hundreds 308 Palma to 6.5 Creedmoor and can tell youReloaders have an infatuation with moving the shoulder back, they use the 'bump the shoulder back' and I have insisted moving the shoulder back is impossible. I can shorten the distance between the shoulder of the case and case head, I can not do it with a die that has case body support. And then we go back to moving the shoulder; does the shoulder move? And then there is "I fired the case and the shoulder moved forward and again I ask; did the shoulder move?
I do not expect answers but I was thinking someone on this forum would have an ideal, and then there is a very remote chance someone would say something like "I have never given it a thought but I have always assumed the shoulder moved".
F. Guffey
Or maybe it's an illusion, who cares if it works.
No, it is about trying to get a rleoader to think about it and this stuff is not for everyone. I say it is impossible to move the shoulder on a case (or bump ) back with a die that has full case body support; reloaders have too much time and verbiage tied up/invested in selling the ideal they can move the shoulder back, they can shorten the distance from the shoulder to the case head, they can not move the shoulder back..maybe it's an illusion
I have formed few hundreds 308 Palma to 6.5 Creedmoor and can tell you
YES, THE SHOULDER MOVES.
who cares if it works.
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Please enlighten me and explain how a 308 brass gets to 6.5 Creedmoor?
Is it the shoulder moving down or the base moving up?
Actually neither. You are forming a new shoulder from the case wall. The brass above the new shoulder becomes either part of the shoulder or neck. That is why trimming and neck turning are necessary.
When we bump a shoulder back, now we are talking tiny measurements here 1 or 2 thousandth, part of what became fired brass neck becomes shoulder and part of what became case wall upon firing goes back to being shoulder. Opposite when fired.
I agree with you. It is all about the presentation and interpretation.
I was on a jury once where a car was put up for collateral for a drug deal. The defense said that it was just a 60 year old car. The prosecution described it as a 1929 Rolls-Royce show car
My cases travel about 300 miles round trip once a month, is that too much?I do not want my cases to do a lot of excessive traveling. .
F. Guffey
Depends on the direction of travel, velocity and coordinates.My cases travel about 300 miles round trip once a month, is that too much?