Trimmed brass too short....

[Wisconsinner]

Hey All, I recently was doing some hand loading for the 6mmbr norma for an upcoming prairie dog trip. We were looking in an old manual that was for 6mmbr Remington, The trim to length on the norma dimensions is 1.555 where the trim to length on the remington is 1.520 What now? Is it still safe to shoot? I'm sure the brass will grow upon a few firings. Any Input is appreciated.

 

[GrantA]

Should be fine, you just have .035 less neck holding the bullet. You won't have to trim for a bit!

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[dariof]

You'll still have good neck tension. Projectile will be a tad closer to the shoulder/case which will slightly affect pressure......but should be marginal.

 

[Wisconsinner]

Awesome fellas thanks, It is all Lapua brass at .86 cents each. It would hurt to throw it in the brass pile..

 

[GrantA]

You had a nice pile of shavings didn't you?

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[samnev]

Ben there, done that, you should be fine.

 

[witchhunter]

.035 is a lot to take off your brass. Make sure and clean your chamber before trying some longer brass, there will be a carbon ring in front of the short brass when you are done pdoggin. Your loads may or may not shoot quite as well due to the change in neck tension. You will probably not notice on a pdog though.

 

[NV Ranger]

You could always bust out the TIG welder!

 

[Wisconsinner]

Just went out and shot the hell out of the cases just because. Still shooting lights out at 200-300 yards. Thanks for the input gentlemen !

 

[JRM83]

The solution is actually quite simple: Load, fire, resize, and then check case length. If the case is too short, repeat until satisfied with case length.