Which is easier: necking up or necking down? I'm considering necking down .300 WSM to 7mm WSM or necking up .270 WSM to 7mm WSM. It's easier to find brass in these calibers. Also, would you recommend using reduced loads or cream of wheat for fireforming?
Bonjour , avant de rentrer sur ce forum , je tenais a me présenter par pure politesse.
Voila , j'ai 63 ans et je suis passionné par le tir à la fois d'arme de poing mais aussi d'épaule. Je viens sur ce forum car je recharge tous mes calibres à savoir
Le 9 para, le 38 spécial, le 357 magnum, le 45 acp, le 45 long colt, le 7.62x54R russian, je refais mes cartouches de 12 pour le CAS, voila c'est a peu prés tout ce que je recharge avec bien sur des balles différentes pour chaque calibre d'où la nécessité de trouver un site qui soit le plus complet possible.
J'habite en France à Draguignan , je pratique le tir sportif, le tir a la poudre noire, le Ball trap et le Cowboy Action Shooting.
Ma presence sur ce forum est accès sur le partage des connaissances en matière…
Hallo, bevor ich dieses Forum betrete, wollte ich mich aus reiner Höflichkeit vorstellen.
Ich bin 63 Jahre alt und schieße leidenschaftlich gerne Handfeuerwaffen und Langwaffen. Ich komme in dieses Forum, weil ich nämlich alle meine Kaliber neu lade
Die 9 Para, die 38 Special, die 357 Magnum, die 45 ACP, die 45 Long Colt, die 7,62x54R Russian, ich fülle meine 12 Patronen für das CAS nach, das ist ungefähr alles, was ich mit guten Geschossen für jedes Kaliber nachlade, daher die Sie müssen eine Website finden, die möglichst vollständig ist.
Ich lebe in Frankreich in Draguignan und übe Sportschießen, Schwarzpulverschießen, Ballfallenschießen und Cowboy-Actionschießen.
Meine Präsenz in diesem Forum dient dem Wissensaustausch über das Wiederladen.
Danke fürs Lesen
Hi, was adding the various bullets and loads and ran into the 25 diary entry limit. Is that something that you are looking to expand?
To give you an example .... I have 36 bullets that are in the database. I generally have a powder favorite for each bullet/caliber combo ...but occasionally I like to have a "backup" powder or two for some of my calibers ... or tag a powder that I have been interested in to see how many current loads it supports.
Not sure if it is a database limitation/ performance limitation ... but was hoping that it could be increased or we could have an "archive" diary? 25 is to restrictive unless you are loaded a single caliber and I have 9mm/45/45 Colt/357/223/243/6.5/308 as primary calibers ... but I also have 38 Special / 380 Auto / 5.7x28 / 7.62x39 / 7.62x54R ... so I wil…
The issue is that storage capacity for such user generated entries is actually quite expensive. We have to limit diary (25) and bookmark (20+20+10+10) entries. We have no plans at the moment to increase the limit but consider either offering more capacity for active members who contribute with their feedback to the development of the site or to offer a premium plan with more capacity to reflect the additional cost. we keep you posted but this will take a while.
The seating depth is the length of the bullet that is inside the cartridge. It is cqalculated as
Bullet length + case length (l3) - cartridge length (OAL/l6)
General rule of thumb:
Necking down (making the neck smaller) is usually easier than necking up.
Necking up requires expanding the neck, which can cause more stress, potential splits, and requires better case annealing.
So in your example:
Necking down .300 WSM → 7mm WSM is usually easier.
Necking up .270 WSM → 7mm WSM is more work (though doable).