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neck-sized brass: chamber in one rifle only?

bwabwa Member Posts: 224 ✭✭✭
edited July 2002 in Ask the Experts
I have a number of .30-06 reloads, neck-sized only; and the barrel in which they were fired is essentially shot(in very poor condition). I was wondering if anyone has found that they could chamber neck-sized brass in a barrel other than the one in which they were previously fired.
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  • groundhog devastationgroundhog devastation Member Posts: 4,495
    edited November -1
    No use to try!! Chambers can vary significantly! I have a 7mmMag Synthetic ADL and also bought 2 more for friends. I broke all the barrels in and just for curiosity tried my neck-sized cases in the other two. Couldn't close the bolt! I knew I wouldn't be able too but used this to show the other guys what it means to neck size. I also have 2 7mmBRs that it is a PIA to keep brass separate for!!! If you get a case out of the blue box and try to use it in the "Red gun" it don't work! GHD
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  • bwabwa Member Posts: 224 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I was afraid of that. Oh, well -guess I'll just have to bang away with the old Springfield at a sheet of plywood at 50 yards and see if I can get consistent 32 sq. ft. groups.

    Thanks, GHD!
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  • Tailgunner1954Tailgunner1954 Member Posts: 7,734 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    If you have the rifle rebarreled you can have the gunsmith use one of your neck-sized cases as the headspace gauge (I'm assuming that your old chamber is longer than the minimum spec. (go-gauge), but shorter than the maximum spec. (no-go) gauge and not over-sized in diameter).
    The easiest and best way, is to (collet) pull the bullets dump the powder, and F/L size them. Re-powder and re-bullet.
    I've been lucky in that my old barrel had a real tight chamber in it, and never found a rifle that wouldn't take it's neck-sized brass (but I never found brass from another rifle that would fit into mine either). The jury is still out on my new barrel.
    Some guys like a mag full of lead, I still prefer one round to the head.
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  • IconoclastIconoclast Member Posts: 10,515 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    bwa, I agree w/ 1954, but would advise *careful* use of an inertia hammer over a collet. IME, judicious use of the hammer results in a high % of perfect salvage while the collet tends to distort the bullets.
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  • modocmodoc Member Posts: 474 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    If your barrel is shot out probably the chamber is a bit oversized also.I would never build a chamber in a new barrel with more than standard chamber.Hell just shoot those rounds off hand.We all should shoot more off hand anyway.Good practice even if you miss the whole target.

    BILL
    KEEP YOUR POWDER DRY.BUT NOT HOT.....
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