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Posted: 5/25/2008 5:17:16 PM EDT
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Hey guys, anyone using WW296 when loading their 30 carbine loads? If so what primers are you using? I typically use small pistol magnum WW when loading my 357 magnum loads. My Lee book calls for small rifle primers. Should I use non-magnum small rifle primers when loading 30 carbine with 296? What do you all think? thanks, -Dan |
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Granted you dont "need" to lube them if you are running carbide dies. This is the only cal I use One Shot lube for. then I tumble for no more than 3 minutes to remove the lube just to make me feel better. I used to use the dillon stuff but that is just too messy for this job. Granted it rocks on full length sizing for rifle rounds. |
If you don't lube .30 Carbine cases, even for a carbide die, you will start after you crank the handle down on a few. The thick case walls make for hard sizing, and lube makes the effort about 1 bazzillion times easier. |
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.30 Carbine cases are not straight walled. Most .30 carbine dies do not have carbide inserts in them so they need to be lightly lubed for reloading. The .30 Carbine case is nominally 0.356” at the web and 0.336” at the mouth. Distance from web to mouth is 1.08” – 1.09”. This gives an average taper of about 18 thousandths per inch. |
I would still recommend that some lube be used in ANY sizing operation, if for nothing else than to reduce effort. As I've said in the past in this forum, since it's part of sizing so many of the calibers I load, I may as well just stick with a process that works, even if one step or another isn't absolutely "necessary." |
| I also lube one in about every 8 or 10 cases for a carbide size die. It's much easier on your arm and your tools. I keep a seperate tray of lubed cases off to the side of my work area. When I feel the sizeing force increasing, I pick up a lubed case instead of a dry one. |
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