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New brass problems??

toad67toad67 Member Posts: 13,009 ✭✭✭✭
edited January 2011 in Perry Shooter Competition Shooting and Reloading Forum
Got a 22-250 for christmas and decided to get ready to start shooting it. I usually always go out and buy a few boxes of factory ammo to get the gun sighted in, however this time I went out and bought new brass. The brass is new unfired Winchester 22-250 brass that comes in the white and clear plastic bag. When I got home I took some brass out and was going to use my Sinclair flash hole deburring tool on them. I was unable to get the tool started at first then I used the case mouth debur tool and was able to get it started. I still can't get the flashole tool into the case, I think that it is only going down to about the top of the shoulder. Should I keep trying or should I load some up and loosen them up? Thanks.

Todd
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  • zimmdenzimmden Member Posts: 237 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    All new brass should be full length sized first before loading. The neck diameter will be about .220 after sizing but will be all uniform. If the deburring tool doesn't enter easily, you can load and shoot or use a .224 expanding mandrel.
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  • thebambam2001thebambam2001 Member Posts: 733 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by toad67
    Got a 22-250 for christmas and decided to get ready to start shooting it. I usually always go out and buy a few boxes of factory ammo to get the gun sighted in, however this time I went out and bought new brass. The brass is new unfired Winchester 22-250 brass that comes in the white and clear plastic bag. When I got home I took some brass out and was going to use my Sinclair flash hole deburring tool on them. I was unable to get the tool started at first then I used the case mouth debur tool and was able to get it started. I still can't get the flashole tool into the case, I think that it is only going down to about the top of the shoulder. Should I keep trying or should I load some up and loosen them up? Thanks.

    Todd
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  • FrancFFrancF Member Posts: 35,279 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    You can do it without the mandrel, just kiss the primer packet. That's how I used to do it in the old days with a plain old 4" center drill in a drill press with tape around the center drill as my mandrel.
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