Rollin yer own ! 22 Creedmor brass

[Shotinthedark]

If you are like me , you may have opted to go ahead and give the 22 Creed a try ..
I ran with it after reading a lil bit and looking at my stockpile of 308 brass
and seeing no 22 250 out there , it was a no brainer ..

I didn't see much on this forum about reloading , but I'll assume plenty
of you do ..

You can make yer own brass for the Creed from 308 with a lil elbow grease
some nice music at the bench and time.

Start out with a full length sizing die for a 6.5 or 6 creed is better
remove the decapping pin and expanding mandrel altogether..

lube em up good , don't over do the shoulders ....and push them right up
with a few pecking strokes , I like to rotate the case 180 as I go...

Then take em to the trimmer , the necks look like a giraffe ...
You have a good bit to remove down to 1.920"


Here is a tray after dropping the shoulders back and necks down to .264
from the 6.5 die

 

[Shotinthedark]

Now case prep at the chamfer station , inner and outer case mouth..


Install your 22 Creed FL die lube and repeat ...
when these are done you will have a 22 Creed that will drop in a
case gauge ...


don't mind my painted fingers I rattle can my Tikka today ...

 

[Shotinthedark]

Seat a bullet on an empty cartridge at this point and check for neck
thickness , with your calipers or mic and try to close your bolt on it in the chamber

If you have a tight chamber like I do , you will have to
trim the necks on a case trimmer .. I had to remove 2-3
thousands of an inch to have a nice fit ..

To display the amount of neck stretch during the forming operation
the neck on the right has not been trimmed

 

[Shotinthedark]

Here is a 6.5 that has been trimmed to size 1.920" and chamfered
next to her is a completed 22 Creed after neck turning ...


I will fire these in my 22 Creed as I select a particular load
then these will be neck sized on a Lee collet neck die after
initial firing ...should be even better the second batch ...

If you have the time ...and wanna save $$$$ there ya go !
roll yer own .. I have common Redding , Hornady Custom and Lee
dies ,,,nothing fancy ..

I use pure Lanolin in 95% alcohol and keep the brass nice and wet
as I'm doing this ....no dents on shoulders ..

keep your neck trimmer lubed up with moly ...I use a lil film can
with #7 shot in it and load it up with moly ...dip my cases in it ..