Varminterror
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Waste of energy.
I have been reloading .30-06 longer than any other cartridge, and likely in greater volume than any other non-223 centerfire rifle cartridge I have owned. I’ve never had a need to pursue this particular procedure… largely because it’s incredibly easily avoided.
1) Brass for the .30-06 is cheap and prevalent, as are reloading dies, including small base dies. If I found myself with bulged MG brass which needed push through bulge busted, I’d sell it on down the river and buy better quality/condition brass.
2) 45acp dies can be had for near zero cost. If I were to pursue this process of small base (or push through) sizing of .30-06 brass, I would not waste time wringing my hands over 4 thousandths, I’d simply buy the 45acp dies.
This endeavor seems misguided and ill-considered at every angle. If you’re shooting enough such this could remotely matter, then it doesn’t matter, because the price of a small base ‘06 or 45acp sizing die is diluted to bear-zero. If you’re not shooting much, then the cost of buying proper brass is near-zero… so there’s no paradigm in which I see true value in this process.
I have been reloading .30-06 longer than any other cartridge, and likely in greater volume than any other non-223 centerfire rifle cartridge I have owned. I’ve never had a need to pursue this particular procedure… largely because it’s incredibly easily avoided.
1) Brass for the .30-06 is cheap and prevalent, as are reloading dies, including small base dies. If I found myself with bulged MG brass which needed push through bulge busted, I’d sell it on down the river and buy better quality/condition brass.
2) 45acp dies can be had for near zero cost. If I were to pursue this process of small base (or push through) sizing of .30-06 brass, I would not waste time wringing my hands over 4 thousandths, I’d simply buy the 45acp dies.
This endeavor seems misguided and ill-considered at every angle. If you’re shooting enough such this could remotely matter, then it doesn’t matter, because the price of a small base ‘06 or 45acp sizing die is diluted to bear-zero. If you’re not shooting much, then the cost of buying proper brass is near-zero… so there’s no paradigm in which I see true value in this process.