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< 16ga. Ammunition & Reloading ~ A tip that worked |
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Thu May 04, 2006 4:02 pm
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Location: Concordia, Kansas
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In the past when reloading Fiocchi's steel based 16 gauge shells, some of the cases took an excessive amount of pressure to resize. There was even some shaving of the brass palting and the steel which always made me doubt the safety of the shells.
Last year while visiting with one of the technicians at Hodgdon powder he told me to use a small amount of metallic resizing lube while doing these Fiocchi shells.
I used some RCBS case lube on a Q-tip and found that if I put a small amount of the lube on one case out of every twenty that they went through the resizer slick as snot on a doorknob.
I just finished a case of these and using the lube made it much easier and without any excessive pressure on the handle.
I will do this on any steel based cased in the future. This is really one of those ideas that I thought Duh! Why didn't Ithink of that?
Anyway, it works very well. Try it.
TMB
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Last edited by brdhnt on Fri Feb 25, 2011 4:15 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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Posted:
Thu May 04, 2006 5:14 pm
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Joined: 08 Nov 2005
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Location: Illinois
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Were you using a ring or collet resizer?? |
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Thu May 04, 2006 10:10 pm
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Location: Concordia, Kansas
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HOA,
I did the shells on a single stage Mec with a ring resizer and on a progressive with a collet style. It worked best with the ring resizer but it also seemed to require less pressure on the collet style. I didn't get have to do that "extra effort last push" on the station.
TB
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Last edited by brdhnt on Fri Feb 25, 2011 4:15 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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Posted:
Fri May 05, 2006 9:02 am
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Joined: 28 Oct 2005
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Location: Louisiana
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BP's 'Motor Mica' (or whatever they call it these days) will work also and I find it less messy. I periodically 'dip' one hull and size away. |
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Posted:
Fri May 05, 2006 1:21 pm
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Location: Parma, OH
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Isn't mica a carcinogen? Or is that different than "Motor Mica"?
Mike Doerner |
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Posted:
Fri May 05, 2006 2:33 pm
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Location: Louisiana
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Mica is not listed as a carcinogen or as a potential carcinogen by the National Toxicology Program of the United States Public Health Service--------------now if you decide to use asbestos------------------- |
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