Need help

[roscoe]

I was seating barnes 85 grn triple shocks in Winchestere Supreme cases and the press was trimming a sliver of copper, the diameter of the bullet on some of them? Need help.

[roscoe]

Forgot to mention that cal. is 243 winchester.

[stimpylu32]

roscoe

Need some more info , were all the cases FL or Neck sized ? were all the cases chamfered ? what brand dies were you using ?

stimpy

[roscoe]

roscoe

Need some more info , were all the cases FL or Neck sized ? were all the cases chamfered ? what brand dies were you using ?

stimpy

neck sized,not chamfered,RCBS dies

[Sweetwater]

Just today I was loading some 44mags for a friend, using his brass all sized and primed and belled. The seating/crimping die shaved a perfect circle around the jacketed bullet. I checked the bullet dia, the inside case dia, the whole gambit before I tumbled to the case mouths not being chamfered. Chamfering the case mouths ended the problem.
In the past I have found an occasional bullet oversized, obviously in the wrong boxes. Like a .311 in a box of .308's. I've never had a .311 anything so it happen on my bench. Only a couple times in 50 years, last Dec being the anniversary date of setting up the old Herter's Super Model 3 press and embarking on a lifetime of wonderment and fun. Check it out and see if chamfering doesn't solve your problem.

Regards,
Sweetwater

[roscoe]

Thanks Sweetwater,I'm thinkin thats probably the cure also.Never seen it before either.

[stimpylu32]

roscoe

Run the chamfer tool on the inside of the case mouth and your problem should go away , you should also find that the bullet will seat better and with less effort .

stimpy

[ranger 76]

have you checked the thickness of the neck as it can get thicker from being worked, you can get neck reamers to take them to the right size . the out side of the neck should be .276 when loaded. barnes triple-shock is a boat tail and should go in the case fairly easy.   good luck Lorne

[roscoe]

Thanks for all your replies and help.I'll try it out on the next batch.Loaded up 50 rounds but to cold to try them out.Temps have been between -40 & -50 Celsius here the past week!

[Reed1911]

but to cold to try them out.Temps have been between -40 & -50 Celsius here the past week!

Must be a South Texas guy 

[fastbike]

Hey Ron, If those temps are typed correctly, that's -40 to -58F. I'd say that's well out of Texas range.

but to cold to try them out.Temps have been between -40 & -50 Celsius here the past week!

Must be a South Texas guy 

[Sweetwater]

Hmmm, sounds more like the wind chill factor in Western Wyoming on any given winter day. The 18 years I lived there, we planned our winter outings carefully.

Regards,
Sweetwater

[roscoe]

Hey Ron, If those temps are typed correctly, that's -40 to -58F. I'd say that's well out of Texas range.

but to cold to try them out.Temps have been between -40 & -50 Celsius here the past week!

Must be a South Texas guy 

Temps were correct.Livin in the Great white North Bud!West Central Manitoba,Canada.

[Sweetwater]

Ok so that was last February, and this is New Year's Eve in North Idaho!

Did we help solve the problem that started this thread?

Regards,
Sweetwater