Thread: Reloading in 1880s

go on then..spin some up on lathe,you know you really want to...with side walls left a little on heafty side you wont fit in as much powder but the lifespan will be oh so much longer.

If you have a heavy enough press on hand, it's quite conceivable to prang a case up from a sheet of gun metal brass. The hard bit is the correct heat treating etc etc...

I formed another 4 cases today and used this original kit to gauge my forming.

Because I'm using thin rims nitro express brass I have adjusted the shoulder location to head space on that.
This leaves the front of the rim 0.5mm off the breech face.
But does make the case rim back face make light contact with the breech block

best of both worlds then..... might also help with case life. sort of a bit like the small O=RING trick with .303brit loads