Setting shoulder back on virgin brass...problem?
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Wayne Shaw
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Happens often, no problem.
Coat each new case with a thin coat of oil (only the first time you fire it)...helps it form to the chamber. You just need a little oil on your fingers and wipe the case. Be sure to dry out your chamber with lighter fluid or something else on a chamber swab afterwards.
The first time you chamber the .220 Russian you will just have to force the bolt closed. Make sure your bolt lugs are lubricated and it's no problem. After you fire form it that first time it will be fine.
The first time you chamber the .220 Russian you will just have to force the bolt closed. Make sure your bolt lugs are lubricated and it's no problem. After you fire form it that first time it will be fine.
jackie schmidt
New member
Real Common
That's no big deal, I would venture a guess that quite a few shooters have to bump the shoulder just a tad on the 220 Russian in order to get it to chamber without any fear of galling the luggs.
As an add on to what Steave said, I put a very thin film of Emperial Sizing Wax on my cases when fire forming. Keeps the case walls from gripping the chamber walls too aggresivly so as to allow the case to fully form to the chamber and reach the proper length.
One caution if you do use oil. As Steve said, the emphasis is on a very thin coat. Oil is a liguid, and any trapped accumilation would cause a hydraulic bubble in the case when fired..........jackie
That's no big deal, I would venture a guess that quite a few shooters have to bump the shoulder just a tad on the 220 Russian in order to get it to chamber without any fear of galling the luggs.
As an add on to what Steave said, I put a very thin film of Emperial Sizing Wax on my cases when fire forming. Keeps the case walls from gripping the chamber walls too aggresivly so as to allow the case to fully form to the chamber and reach the proper length.
One caution if you do use oil. As Steve said, the emphasis is on a very thin coat. Oil is a liguid, and any trapped accumilation would cause a hydraulic bubble in the case when fired..........jackie
Imperial Sizing Die Wax by Redding.
http://www.sinclairintl.com/product/8842/s
One of these will last a long time.
It's also good stuff for sizing.
http://www.sinclairintl.com/product/8842/s
One of these will last a long time.
It's also good stuff for sizing.
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Newcomer
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I have a similiar problem to matchman. I have been setting headspace by feel by chambering an empty case with the firing pin removed. With my recently prepped cases f/l sized with the die set the same as for fire formed cases, I am unable to close the bolt. To close the bolt smoothly I had to adjust the die and use significantly greater force with the press when bumping the shoulder than I do when bumping a fire formed case. The necks are .0086. Case length is 1.5005 +/- .0005. The length of cut on the neck looks good under a microscope. Should I be concerned?
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f d shuster
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220 Russian/ 6ppc
Adam: I bump the shoulder back just enought to give me a firm, but not hard bolt closing. After setting it back, the shoulder has almost a rounded look, but fireforms nicely.
Adam: I bump the shoulder back just enought to give me a firm, but not hard bolt closing. After setting it back, the shoulder has almost a rounded look, but fireforms nicely.
The case issue sounds like a common thing, just not something Ive heard about. Kinda funny. The case lube also sound like a good idea.--THANKS--
Im wondering about galled locking lugs .
What do they look like and what problems do they cause ?
My well used action has circular lines on the lugs just like a old record (for those of use that know what that is) Maby a little deeper. No metal is torn or lumpy. When is this a problem ?
Im wondering about galled locking lugs .
What do they look like and what problems do they cause ?
My well used action has circular lines on the lugs just like a old record (for those of use that know what that is) Maby a little deeper. No metal is torn or lumpy. When is this a problem ?