managed to take a run at some test load with 25 starline brass and 7 Fiocci brass I had on hand. Had planned on some Geco once fired, but did not get to it. Tried sizing some bullets down to .309, and at .978 things were inconsistent. About half of them did not go all the way into the chamber on plunk testing. They would plunk in and out fine and not stick, but they did not make it all the way into the chamber. The other half seemed good, not sure what the issue was, but all the ones that did not go all the way into the chamber seemed about the same, just enough of a gap at the rim to notice not all the way into the chamber. Either way I got about a dozen or so - that I think I can shoot as test loads.
For the Geco brass, think I'll try some with a shorter OAL, .965, and go with .311 bullets.
I pulled the bullets out of the ones that would not chamber and dumped the powder out of the cases. For the cases with primers in them, would you just take the decapping rod out of the sizer and resize and expand the brass with the primer in - or would you get the primers out and start over.
For the Geco brass, think I'll try some with a shorter OAL, .965, and go with .311 bullets.
I pulled the bullets out of the ones that would not chamber and dumped the powder out of the cases. For the cases with primers in them, would you just take the decapping rod out of the sizer and resize and expand the brass with the primer in - or would you get the primers out and start over.