300 win mag help needed

[reewik]

Ok so I can resize my standard remington brass without ftf... I cannot resize my federal match brass I bought here on the hide to chamber no matter what I have tried. I have measured all I know to measure. I am trying to fully resize the brass. The match brass is heaver and thicker but I do not get it, any help or advise would be great. i have been reloading .308 without an issue for a while. Lee dies.

 

[MALLARD]

Re: 300 win mag help needed

are you making maximum contact between the base of the die and the shellholder ? or can you still see brass when you raise the ram all the way up ?

what kind of F/L die are you using ? and press ?

uh , might be a stupid question but what does ftf mean ?

 

[reewik]

Re: 300 win mag help needed

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: MALLARD</div><div class="ubbcode-body">are you making maximum contact between the base of the die and the shellholder ? or can you still see brass when you raise the ram all the way up ? a:The case is a belted case, i am making contact with the belt.

what kind of F/L die are you using ? : Lee dies and press ? a: Lee, single stage press

uh , might be a stupid question but what does ftf mean ? a: Failure to feed</div></div>

 

[MALLARD]

Re: 300 win mag help needed

You can soot your cases with a candle or use a sharpie to color your cases.

If you soot a case and run it into your chamber , and note where the contact was , then re-soot and run that threw your die , , if the die isnt reducing the contact , i would try a different sizing die.

you can also grind down the bottom of the die , might increase contact.

do you have a headspace gage ? you could measure your rem stuff and compare to your fed.

my rcbs 50 cal dies didnt size down my cases enough , i got a hornady die , did the job.

sorry if i couldnt help you

 

[reewik]

Re: 300 win mag help needed

Thanks, I am going to give that a go

 

[reewik]

Re: 300 win mag help needed

Gave it a go and as I have suspected the lower part of the match brass will just not resize enough.... I need it to be right at .508 and I cannot get it smaller then .510.. Send the die back to lee or run a different die?

 

[MitchAlsup]

Re: 300 win mag help needed

Larry Willis Belted Magnum sizing die; entry 2 on page::

http://www.larrywillis.com/

 

[reewik]

Re: 300 win mag help needed

Too funny MitchAlsup... Just ordered one