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43 Spanish Brass Question
Mar 19th, 2014 at 8:42am
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Shot my first set of hand loads yesterday and found that a bullet won't fit in the fired brass. Looks like I'll just have to bell the mouth. I'm a nube when it comes to reloading large calibre ammo. Is this common when working with large calibre rounds ? TIA !
  
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Re: 43 Spanish Brass Question
Reply #1 - Mar 19th, 2014 at 11:40am
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Yes, it's pretty common to have to bell the neck slightly to get a bullet to seat without shaving lead.
  
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Reply #2 - Mar 19th, 2014 at 3:23pm
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Or, your bullet is too large? Groove and bullet diameters please.
  
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Re: 43 Spanish Brass Question
Reply #3 - Mar 23rd, 2014 at 8:34am
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I hope your brass has the very thick rims (~0.089").  If not, you can expect bad case stretching and separations on the first or second firing.  This with an 1879 Argentine Roller, which has ~0.090" rim recess.

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Re: 43 Spanish Brass Question
Reply #4 - Mar 23rd, 2014 at 9:31am
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You say the bullet won't fit in the fired brass. Before resizing,   or after?
  
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