16ga.com Forum Index
Author Message
<  16ga. Ammunition & Reloading  ~  A tip that worked
brdhnt
PostPosted: Thu May 04, 2006 4:02 pm  Reply with quote
Member
Member


Joined: 19 Aug 2005
Posts: 184
Location: Concordia, Kansas

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
________
Justin bieber


Last edited by brdhnt on Fri Feb 25, 2011 4:15 pm; edited 1 time in total
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
hoashooter
PostPosted: Thu May 04, 2006 5:14 pm  Reply with quote
Member
Member


Joined: 08 Nov 2005
Posts: 3436
Location: Illinois

Were you using a ring or collet resizer??
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
brdhnt
PostPosted: Thu May 04, 2006 10:10 pm  Reply with quote
Member
Member


Joined: 19 Aug 2005
Posts: 184
Location: Concordia, Kansas

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
________
LIFE INSURANCE FORUM


Last edited by brdhnt on Fri Feb 25, 2011 4:15 pm; edited 1 time in total
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
woodcock
PostPosted: Fri May 05, 2006 9:02 am  Reply with quote
Member
Member


Joined: 28 Oct 2005
Posts: 665
Location: Louisiana

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.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
mdoerner
PostPosted: Fri May 05, 2006 1:21 pm  Reply with quote
Member
Member


Joined: 17 Jan 2005
Posts: 138
Location: Parma, OH

Isn't mica a carcinogen? Or is that different than "Motor Mica"?

Mike Doerner
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
woodcock
PostPosted: Fri May 05, 2006 2:33 pm  Reply with quote
Member
Member


Joined: 28 Oct 2005
Posts: 665
Location: Louisiana

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-------------------
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
Display posts from previous:   
All times are GMT - 7 Hours

View next topic
View previous topic
Page 1 of 1
16ga.com Forum Index  ~  16ga. Ammunition & Reloading

Post new topic   Reply to topic


 
Jump to:  

You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot vote in polls in this forum




Powered by phpBB and NoseBleed v1.09