MonkTx
Member
- Joined
- Oct 24, 2005
- Messages
- 114
Hello all,
I lucked into a 1893 Chilean Mauser recently so I am on a quest to convert some of my horde of 270 brass into 7x57mm. I bought a Redding form & trim die and using a little Imperial wax I was soon squeezing out and trimming down 7x57.
The die came without instructions and Redding doesn't seem to have any on their website so I'm flying kind of blind here. I screwed the die down to the shell holder and tightened the lock ring. With the die set like that my bolt will not close on a case so I run it through a full length sizer till it just closes with slightly more pressure than on an empty chamber.
I guess my real question is this- Is the Redding form die supposed to be lowered like a regular sizing die until you get the brass to chamber or is it to get you most of the way there and finish with a regular sizing die?
Thanks,
Monte
I lucked into a 1893 Chilean Mauser recently so I am on a quest to convert some of my horde of 270 brass into 7x57mm. I bought a Redding form & trim die and using a little Imperial wax I was soon squeezing out and trimming down 7x57.
The die came without instructions and Redding doesn't seem to have any on their website so I'm flying kind of blind here. I screwed the die down to the shell holder and tightened the lock ring. With the die set like that my bolt will not close on a case so I run it through a full length sizer till it just closes with slightly more pressure than on an empty chamber.
I guess my real question is this- Is the Redding form die supposed to be lowered like a regular sizing die until you get the brass to chamber or is it to get you most of the way there and finish with a regular sizing die?
Thanks,
Monte