Re: Case Resizing - What's not right here?
Well how about that! It only took four replies before someone useful came along. Thank you Flight762 for your genuine attitude. And yes, I was building some gages for measuring the chambers of the rifles for which I will be loading. I did shorten the case per the instructions that came with the gage. I resized the case with the Redding FL bushing die without a bushing in it which I believed would leave the neck untouched like on the 7mm-08 which I had to neck size to get the proper fit for the gage. On the .308, the neck that prior to sizing would accept the gage, would no longer do so even before any neck sizing. So something is happening inside my Redding FL bushing die when used without a bushing that sizes my case neck down to 0.304" ID. The gage is 0.306". A once fired case is 0.311" ID. For my 7mm-08 gage I have 0.284" ID on the case and 0.283" on the gage. The case has been chamfered, brushed inside and lubricated.
I was somewhat surprised at the first few replies until I saw armorpl8chikn talking down from his high horse again. armorpl8chikn's was the first username I learned on this forum because of another of his haughty replies to someone seeking information. So before you wonder again "how many times I will have to say this", the answer is none because you are being rude and boorish. If you spent the effort you put into condescension into putting out information, my regard for you might differ, but as it is, and despite how much information, and experience you might or might not have, your responses are useless and unwelcome so get off this thread and ignore my future posts because you don't want to get into a pissing match with me as you are the one who broke the decorum while I was the one seeking only information. You would then become more of a laughing buttstock than you already are.
As for the other knee jerks, I'm the one reloading here and I'll put into it and get out of it anything I want. You say I should "stick to the basics"? Well what could be as basic as learning your chamber dimensions so as to establish a proper case trim length? There is nothing "complicated" about that. Maybe BB would consider anything more than throwing together some brass, powder and bullets complicated, but I don't. While I might have just made some of my first pulls on the handle, it doesn't mean that I haven't been studying rifles, shooting, machining, gun smithing and yes, even reloading for 35 years. As a matter of fact, I've multiple degrees, I taught myself how to train field trial retrievers, build boats out of wood to a degree of workmanship that is held in high regard on duckboats.net. I taught myself land management, trapping, and build my own computers. I also work a demanding job that requires keen analytical skills because lives are in my charge. So don't fool yourself into thinking something too much for me just because someone with a "lifetime of experience" doesn't "perceive the need". After all, people with a "lifetime of experience" still blow up guns don't they? You read flight762 second post didn't you? Heck, I just might get some cerrosafe and make me a chamber cast solely because I want to. It might just make my fundamentals "more solid" because when I do something, I do it to the best of my ability and that is how I choose to reload. If BB or chinkin or anyone else has a problem with that, put me on your ignore list. Thank you.