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I bought the Lee RGB 2 die set for .303 British.
I made up some loads with Sierra Match King .308 bullets. Unfortunately they just barely were crimped in the case and I could actually pull the bullets out with my fingers!
I have a whole bunch of 40's, 50's. and 60's surplus .303 that is nothing but hangfires so I decided to pull the bullets and reuse them. These rounds mic at .311 at the base and the crimp is very strong and needs a puller to get them back apart.
So my question is should a buy a Lee Factory Crimp die in .308? They make one .303 British and .308 but I assume I would want to use the .308. Is anyone else here doing this?
As a side note, 36.5 gr of IMR 4064 underneath the pull down bullets ends up being extremely accurate at 100 yards with minimal recoil and very light report. It is a great load. I put together 10 rounds tonight with 38.0 gr of 4064 and am going to make up another 10 with 37 gr of IMR 3031 and try both batches out at the 200 yard line this weekend. I am having a ball making up my own loads!
I made up some loads with Sierra Match King .308 bullets. Unfortunately they just barely were crimped in the case and I could actually pull the bullets out with my fingers!
I have a whole bunch of 40's, 50's. and 60's surplus .303 that is nothing but hangfires so I decided to pull the bullets and reuse them. These rounds mic at .311 at the base and the crimp is very strong and needs a puller to get them back apart.
So my question is should a buy a Lee Factory Crimp die in .308? They make one .303 British and .308 but I assume I would want to use the .308. Is anyone else here doing this?
As a side note, 36.5 gr of IMR 4064 underneath the pull down bullets ends up being extremely accurate at 100 yards with minimal recoil and very light report. It is a great load. I put together 10 rounds tonight with 38.0 gr of 4064 and am going to make up another 10 with 37 gr of IMR 3031 and try both batches out at the 200 yard line this weekend. I am having a ball making up my own loads!