Thread: 270wsm rl26 145g eldx my experience

Originally Posted by PommyMcPomFace

Standard seems to be to screw in til the die touches the shell plate, lower the ram and screw in another 1/4 turn. Otherwise, mechanical play and stacking of tolerances in the press and die threads means with a case in the mix, you might not be pushing the shoulders down at all. If the press and plate touch without a case, you'll likely see a small gap when there is a case in there.

I recommend taking the expander out until you've figured it out, else repeatedly sizing the neck is just going to work harden your brass.

This is exactly how I set my resizing die up, I go a half turn instead of a quarter (there's a bit of play in the cheapo lee press) but can confirm the shell holder is definitely touching the die at full extension, I think maybe first port of csl might be to buy trim die for my wuick trim and trim all the brass back to minimum trim length and check an empty case again before doing anything rash.
As has been pointed out even though only once fired it is very close to maximum length and I cant help wondering if maybe the neck is hitting the end of the chamber..... and if thst is the case (no pun intended) possibly also crimping my proectile in the process and scewing all my load testing.
Sigh......guess this kinda has turned into a cry for help