.30 carbine on a progressive?

[Plain Old Bill]

There's quite a bit of brass- anyone do these on a progressive? I'm thinking of switching my old Dillon from .223 for a while. If so, what problems did you run into?

 

[DILLONHELP]

The only thing you need to watch on 30 Carbine is the cases tend to stretch a lot.Size a handful, and measure after sizing. If none exceed maximum case length, load 'em up!

 

[dogrunner]

loaded scads of 'em on my 550, mostly using cast bullets..........zero problems. Nearly all my brass is old military stuff & the singular issue I've had was primer crimps...........never had a problem with case length & I use mine exclusively in an M/2...........100% function & very acceptable accuracy.

Oh yeah, powder is always 2400......bullet Lyman's 311359, GC, lubed with alox. You DO have to clean the seating die on a fairly regular basis with that stuff!

 

[USSR]

The only thing you need to watch on 30 Carbine is the cases tend to stretch a lot.Size a handful, and measure after sizing. If none exceed maximum case length, load 'em up!

+1.

Don

 

[Plain Old Bill]

Thanks, guys! These are trimmed already, hopefully won't stretch too badly. Guess I'll get out the 550.

 

[Maj Dad]

One thing I do for rifle cases I reload on the 550 is resize, put an ever-so-slight bell (mostly for lead GC bullets in 308, 30-06 and 30 carbine) & clean them before the rest of the process. Some tumble afterwards but I like to clean the goo off by rolling them around on a towel dampened with an appropriate solvent (I usually use Prestone Brake Cleaner), then tumble if I'm not in a hurry or want brass that make me wear cheap sunglasses... I've done it after the process is complete, but I just don't like lubed-up cases going through all the dies, esp. the powder die, making everything lube-y.

 

[cfullgraf]

I load 30 carbine on my Hornady progressive in two steps. First step is to resize and bell the case. I trim the brass then clean it.

The second step is to prime, charge, seat the bullet and crimp.

In general, I prefer to clean all my brass between resizing and reloading so I lose a little benefit, but not much.

 

[medalguy]

I load carbine on a Dillon 550. Deprime, size, trim, deburr and prime all off the Dillon, then put them in the Dillon, charge, seat, and taper crimp. I've done lots and never had a problem. Just watch the case length as you probably know.

 

[Floppy_D]

If so, what problems did you run into?

Finding enough brass, got any leads?

I'd do as the others say; resize and check several, see what it looks like. Then spot check occasionally.

 

[greyling22]

+1 to floppy. where did all the brass go.......

 

[Plain Old Bill]

I have bought brass here and there, but got lucky at an auction and bought about 4,000 pieces with about 2,300 cartridges. That's about 500 per carbine, still not quite enough. .30 carbine has always been a plague to reload for us here, along with .32 ACP. We pretty much licked the .32 ACP thing this year with the help of some folks here.
I've reloaded quite a bit of it, don't use cast anymore (accuracy problems and eventual function problems) but I sure don't enjoy it much. Hopefully - if I size and de-lube before starting- we can get the progressive thing working for us and plow through this pile.
Help was MUCH appreciated. Thanks!

 

[Steve Marshall]

The only problem I see is if you do it all at once. 30 carbine is noted for OAL growth. I'd suggest sizing, depriming and belling first. Then check your lengths. If all is good, have at it. I used to reload 30 on a 550 and the second or third batch gave me fits. This was before I learned about case growth.

 

[Irish Bird Dog]

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[cheygriz]

I resize/deprime on the Redding, wash, then load normally on the Dillon.

If you tumble the lube off, screw a universal decapping die into the sizing station on your progressive to knock the corncobs/walnut shell from the flash-holes.

 

[Peter M. Eick]

I load my 30 carbine on my pro2000 with no problems.

 

[Tuckerp229]

There's quite a bit of brass- anyone do these on a progressive? I'm thinking of switching my old Dillon from .223 for a while. If so, what problems did you run into?

Works Great on a Dillon XL650.

 

[rondog]

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