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Update !!! Well the Jury is in...... Had issue with 100 rounds of cartridges that I reloaded because of over crimping. Because of the over crimp, the rounds wouldn't load into any .308 rifle. It was obvious that there were issues with the case, they appeared really deformed. After posting...

Well I am suppose to get the new RCBS die today. I'll give a few a try over the weekend and see what happens.. very Frustrating when thing go wrong. :banghead: Especially when you think you tried everything.. If this doesn't work.. I give !! Dan

Well I tried yet again on this load of brass that I guess I really screwed up by over crimping, for that fact crimping at all. I think it's time to trash a 100 rounds of .308 Brass. No idea what to do with them. Cost me about $35.00 for the 100 but I guess it's a lessoned learned on what NOT...

Well while waiting on my new RCBS Die, I took my lee die and put it at different heights in the progressive reloader. It appears that this did make a difference. I raised the die up a bit and the brass seems to work a bit better, But the jury is still out. I want to wait until I get that new...

RCBS dies will not arrive for another few days... I have not given up yet on those "bad cartridges" but will try to have another go at them when the new dies arrive. Regards Dan

Just ordered a RCBS small base re-sizing die and also the RCBS PRECISION MIC 308 WIN. I will keep this brass and once I get the new die in I'll give it a try again. What a journey to reload some .308 and what a lesson learned about "crimping" .308. Yet another lesson learned. Dan

Greetings Update: I reset my Lee Die down further and resized the brass again. Still the same result on the feeding ( by the way I have pulled all of bullets from the brass and have reclaimed the bullets and powder ) So I did it again and again, setting my Lee die to different heights in my...

Agree, everyone learns something through out any process. :confused: Re-loading is no exception. I will look at the height of my resizing die and give it a try. Thank You for all of the valuable input. :) Dan

Yes I did trim all of the brass down to the correct size. I use my RCBS Trim Pro Case Trimmer. I will try to resize again a few of the cases to see what happens when I adjust the full length sizing die I have from Lee. Basically my process is this: Re-size and De-Prime in one step via the Lee...

That is what I am thinking. By crimping I've created a bulge in the brass thus deforming the neck area. I'll do my best to try and resize again. But if it is a real "pain" :banghead: I will just scrap the entire 100 rounds of brass. Like taking 35.00 and putting it in the trash.. But if I am...

Yes not fun to pull 100 rounds and then try again. I will try running down the resizing die as far as necessary to get that neck size down. I hope that is it. Maybe a bad bag of brass? I've reloaded about 700 rounds and over the course of time I've learned a few things and have not had this...

Greetings: I am not too new to reloading .308 Winchester. But recently ran into a little problem. I have a Hornady Progressive reloader and use Lee dies for my .308. I have followed the instructions, I have deprimed, re-sized and chamfered the inside and outside of the brass. But yet on a...

Springfield armory M1A, Semi-Auto D-

As I read more about resizing brass for rifles I come across a lot of tools made for measuring the neck diameter. Since I'm using a full length sizing die and Now I'm trimming the case to length is really yet another necessary step?: I also have read you can only really reload .308 brass about...

it's been a while since Ive replied about this. I finally got some new .308 brass in and my new hornady case trimmer.. Geez which I could afford the electric one.. We'll all of the brass was above the 2.005 specs for reloading so I needed to resize all of my brass that I received. First time I...

Thanks for all of informative replays. The rounds got stuck BEFORE Firing... Would NOT extract Cold.. I ordered a guage and some more brass once I get both I'll make some dummy rounds and see what happens.. Maybe I'll also try the just the brass after resizing to be sure the brass is...

fired from a springfield M1A .308... Ordered some more brass and when I get the brass I'll resize and see what happens from there.. Thanks Again..

actually they DO NOT extract easily even NOT Fired. So it appears I messed up by not checking the length of the case. Guess I need to buy a case trimmer.. best tips/advise about .308 case prep?

Hornady Lock-n-load with lee deluxe .308 Dies. I load .223 with no issues, but the .308 rounds are a bit more tricky. Tried Hornady Die set but didn't give me good luck with the resizing, plus I noticed I need a lot more case lube than I use on .223. I appreciate any help oh no neck...

Hi Everyone; We'll I went to shoot my first .308 reloads and only 50% worked. One half were ok from a known source that the brass was only fired once. Second half were supposedly fired once also. But... Here's the problem. The rounds from another source would get stuck in the chamber...