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Re: Trying a New Thing
« Reply #30 on: October 25, 2021, 09:13:36 AM »
I mean, ain't that just purdy as a newborn kitten?

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Re: Trying a New Thing
« Reply #31 on: October 25, 2021, 09:22:51 AM »
That's what reloads should look like.

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Re: Trying a New Thing
« Reply #32 on: October 25, 2021, 09:48:56 AM »
That's what reloads should look like.

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Re: Trying a New Thing
« Reply #33 on: October 25, 2021, 09:57:10 AM »
Indeed. Those are definitely purdy.
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Re: Trying a New Thing
« Reply #34 on: October 25, 2021, 10:47:04 AM »
I must say Captain those do look really nice. Is that a Postell on the right?

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Re: Trying a New Thing
« Reply #35 on: October 25, 2021, 11:19:28 AM »
I must say Captain those do look really nice. Is that a Postell on the right?

Yes, indeedy!

Here they are "B.C." (before cartridge) (7+"

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Re: Trying a New Thing
« Reply #36 on: October 27, 2021, 07:18:30 AM »
So, after cleaning the brass in the wet tumbler followed by a short stint in the dry media, I wound up with some nice, shiny brass, as shown in some of the previous pix. Next stage was to size the brass, followed by length check. To my surprise, I had a half dozen cases that exceeded SAAMI max length measurements, so I set up the trimmer for "trim-to length" and began creating tiny brass shavings all over the loading bench. I figure if you're gonna do a half dozen, best to make them all uniform. That's what I did.



Kinda surprising that brass would stretch after one firing. Once they were all trimmed and chamfered & deburred, they are looking pretty good! Back into the dry tumbler to get any remaining case lube removed they go...
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