It's always best to reform brass a little bit at a time. That's why I sometimes remove the guts from a bullet seating die and use that as an intermediate step. The 7X57 is one of my favorites. Nice vid!
I've been making 7.65X53 Mauser brass from 06 and 270 brass the hard way. Last week I got the Redding reform die and it made it so quick and easy, definitely the way to go.
Annealing is something I've always been tempted to pick up, and I've always held off on it because I couldn't justify the cost in resources and time for my process --- but this whole process of resizing brass was actually a breeze! I would far rather do this to make good quality performing brass than, say, neck-turning, which is something I have to do with Norma brass. I know I'm causing a good but of stress when I reform like this, so I'm going to seriously consider picking up some annealing equipment for this.
@@upnorthreloading2214 although I dream of an amp machine one day I’m currently try using the annealeze gen 2 and I absolutely have zero complaints. I do need smaller wheels for 300blk and bigger for my 7.5 Swiss. It’s crazy but I can feel the difference when seating lots of bullets the tension is much more uniform. Elfsters posted all the components to build a machine for about $100 so there’s always that DIY option. Just for prolonging brass life I’d say it is worth it plus the added bonus if consistent neck tension.
It's always best to reform brass a little bit at a time. That's why I sometimes remove the guts from a bullet seating die and use that as an intermediate step. The 7X57 is one of my favorites. Nice vid!
I've been making 7.65X53 Mauser brass from 06 and 270 brass the hard way. Last week I got the Redding reform die and it made it so quick and easy, definitely the way to go.
Do you man! I’ve personally had good luck annealing first, in fact I do it to all my conversion brass now
Annealing is something I've always been tempted to pick up, and I've always held off on it because I couldn't justify the cost in resources and time for my process --- but this whole process of resizing brass was actually a breeze! I would far rather do this to make good quality performing brass than, say, neck-turning, which is something I have to do with Norma brass. I know I'm causing a good but of stress when I reform like this, so I'm going to seriously consider picking up some annealing equipment for this.
What annealing equipment do you use?
@@upnorthreloading2214 although I dream of an amp machine one day I’m currently try using the annealeze gen 2 and I absolutely have zero complaints. I do need smaller wheels for 300blk and bigger for my 7.5 Swiss. It’s crazy but I can feel the difference when seating lots of bullets the tension is much more uniform. Elfsters posted all the components to build a machine for about $100 so there’s always that DIY option. Just for prolonging brass life I’d say it is worth it plus the added bonus if consistent neck tension.
Currently beginning a similar journey to reform .375 H&H to .300 H&H. Availability has gotten that bad since the big players discontinued the latter.
Nice rifle what twist rate are you using in your barrel?
1-8"!