Fire Forming
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Re: Fire Forming
DD, I have a lot of the 415s cast up, and the trigger time will do me good. Clarence, I will definitely look into that!
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Re: Fire Forming
So I ordered a .460 expander plug from BACO, see how well that works out.
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Re: Fire Forming
Yeahhbutt, you don't have to go to the range to do it, no targets needed, and one patch down the bore and done.
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Re: Fire Forming
That's what i did getting started with my Shiloh 45-70 #3 Sporter, the ones that wouldn't fit went to an 1892 year model '86 Winchester half round short rifle, that damn lever gun will eat anything.Don McDowell wrote: ↑Mon Sep 13, 2021 11:45 am That's not an uncommon problem with brass fired in chambers other than the Shiloh.
You can either resize and then fireform and hope they don't stick, or just use a separate brand of brass for the Shiloh.
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Re: Fire Forming
OP, size the .45-70 brass in a .45-90 die. Works the brass less
Did you anneal the casemouth?
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Did you anneal the casemouth?
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Re: Fire Forming
Gunner, with 4 45-70's lounging around this place, I have to keep 3 different brass on hand. The good thing is the brass from the Winchester BPCR and the Shiloh can be interchanged. The brass from the others won't even begin to chamber in those two, because of the difference in chamber diameter at the base of the case, resizing can fix that.50gunner wrote: ↑Wed Sep 15, 2021 4:26 amThat's what i did getting started with my Shiloh 45-70 #3 Sporter, the ones that wouldn't fit went to an 1892 year model '86 Winchester half round short rifle, that damn lever gun will eat anything.Don McDowell wrote: ↑Mon Sep 13, 2021 11:45 am That's not an uncommon problem with brass fired in chambers other than the Shiloh.
You can either resize and then fireform and hope they don't stick, or just use a separate brand of brass for the Shiloh.
Had a worse problem when there were 3 40-65's here. None of those would interchange, and resizing only partially worked.
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Re: Fire Forming
I need the trigger time, and I don't want to just use up primers without sending a bullet downrange.
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Re: Fire Forming
LOL Don, BTDT too with my 40-65's, what the Shiloh wont eat another 1894 year model '86 in 40-65 will, glad those canyon chambers are around to eat the slop, that's okay, they're both only 125 yard max hunting rifles.