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Posted: 2/23/2007 2:11:23 AM EDT
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Guys, I've only ever shot surplus stuff through my FAL, but since surplus has pretty much dried up, I'm considering reloading now. My FAL seems to have a fairly strong recoil spring, and I'm worried about pushing bullets back into the case during feeding. Does anybody else worry about that? I have a Lee factory crimp die for my AR reloading, but I wanted to see what everybody does for the FAL. Thanks for the input. Nick |
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Crimping is not really nessisary. Even a crimped round that hits an obstruction in loading significant enough will set back. Mine damn made one look like a Korean war era MiG when the case in front didn't eject and it was a factory round with a heavy crimp. That said I do use just a touch of Lee Factory Crimp die on mine to add a little tension and make the release consistent. It does seem to reduce my ES and SD when done like that. ETA: Expect poor case life (3 maybe 4 shots) when shooting full power loads. Mine has a nice tight .308 chamber and it still stretches cases WAYYYYY more than a bolt action or rotating, locking bolt would. I measure 8-11 thousandths of shoulder growth even when fired with the gas turned off on any load that touches standard FAL velocities. |
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