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Posted: 10/17/2012 12:04:51 PM EDT
| I recently bought a bunch of pulled 5.5.6 and .308 bullets. I measure them on my mic and it seems that some are longer than others. When I reload them I find that OAL varies from just under max OAL to over MAX OAL. I've heard of "resizing" but what I've read only tells me about diameter and not length of the bullet. Is there a way to resize diameter and length? What would I need? |
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The only way to adjust the length of the bullet and its diameter would be to use a swaging die to reform the entire bullet in the same way the bullet is formed at the factory (a press which forces the copper jacket and lead core to into a forming die cut to the profile of the finished bullet).
While swaging is fun (I am just starting to make my own .308 bullets using a swage die set), I would say its far too costly just to uniform pulled bullets, which will not be of match quality anyways (non uniform core and/or jacket weights), as the cost of a swage die set is usually around $400 per caliber and bullet profile. |
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I recently bought a bunch of pulled 5.5.6 and .308 bullets. I measure them on my mic and it seems that some are longer than others. When I reload them I find that OAL varies from just under max OAL to over MAX OAL. I've heard of "resizing" but what I've read only tells me about diameter and not length of the bullet. Is there a way to resize diameter and length? What would I need? You can re-swage bullets for diameter, and you could probbaly try to re-point them also. The dies are painfully expensive though. Bullet length is not controlled as well as diameter in the forming process. Measuring base to tip is not usually very useful. Get a comparator that measures to the ogive. |
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Quoted: I recently bought a bunch of pulled 5.5.6 and .308 bullets. I measure them on my mic and it seems that some are longer than others. When I reload them I find that OAL varies from just under max OAL to over MAX OAL. I've heard of "resizing" but what I've read only tells me about diameter and not length of the bullet. Is there a way to resize diameter and length? What would I need? How much longer? Could be you have a couple of different bullet weights.?? Can't change length. You buy pulled bullets for cheap blasting ammo, not for precession loads. As long as loaded rounds will fit in the mag, (you were vague on caliber and firearm) you will be fine. In 223, I load to 2.250 which is .010 less than mag length, and don't worry about going over max OAL.
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