What did you do in the reloading room today?

[WestTN2288]

Wildcatting ain't easy
Trail and error but I figured it outView attachment 798544View attachment 798545

How did you fix that? Been kind of having the same trouble with one of my projects

 

[WKR]

How did you fix that? Been kind of having the same trouble with one of my projects

Which part? The collapsed shoulders? Or the messed up trimming?

My process for a perfect neck down is as follows:

One shot lube outside and inside neck

Wilson bushing die with a bushing .010 size step down smaller than original parent case

Wipe down then reapply one shot

21st century neck die with another .010 step down to get rid of the unsized portion of the neck (donut) and in my case set desired neck od.
(This die sizes all the way down to the neck/shoulder junction unlike normal bushing dies )

Wipe down neck area again because of brass shavings

Thoroughly apply graphite inside the neck
And use 21st century expander mandrel 1thou larger than desired neck id/neck tension because of excessive spring back.
(This is where I got collapsed shoulders at first, from not using enough graphite, and trying to go to fast, you can feel when the expander doesn't want to go. Slow and steady is the way.)

Then run it on a Henderson trimmer because most of the cases have stretched from all that brass movement.

 

[sierracharlie338]

I'm hoping to get 3100+ out of a 20"
3200 would be super nice but might be too hot.
Can't wait for the barreled action to get back from Alex

Yowza! I’m excited to see it man.