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32/35 Stevens
Jun 22nd, 2024 at 7:03pm
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I needed some 32/35 cases for breechseating, so made up some tooling yesterday and today. Donor cases were new FC 30/30. I made a form die to swage the base dim to .400” using the hydraulic press. Then made a 2nd form die for the final form in the reloading press. Base bulge was trimmed off in the lathe. They turned out very well. L toR are the bulged case out of die #1, finish formed case out of die #2, and finished fireformed case. I annealed and fire formed all (8). It was either this project or start on building an Ark!
  
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Reply #1 - Jun 23rd, 2024 at 3:13pm
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When I needed some, I took a 32-40 sizing die and trimmed a little off the end until it had the right base diameter.  It worked well.
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Reply #2 - Sep 1st, 2024 at 4:17pm
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An old friend used to shoot a Zischang Ballard in this caliber - a nice cartridge!
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Reply #3 - Sep 1st, 2024 at 4:51pm
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Mike, have you checked the case capacity of your cases, against mine?

I do mine a little different and only swage down to the solid head and not past it, before machining.

I wouldn't mix the cases until they are checked, as mine are marked FC 30-30, too.
  

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Reply #4 - Sep 1st, 2024 at 4:59pm
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I'm rolling mine to size then trimming to length.
  

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Reply #5 - Sep 1st, 2024 at 5:46pm
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Does rolling them to size shrink the primer pockets? Would like to know how the "rolling" is done...
  
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Reply #6 - Sep 1st, 2024 at 7:13pm
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25cal wrote on Sep 1st, 2024 at 5:46pm:
Does rolling them to size shrink the primer pockets? Would like to know how the "rolling" is done...


I would like to know also.
  

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Reply #7 - Sep 1st, 2024 at 10:15pm
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I place a case between mandrels. The mouth of the case is held in the lathe chuck and the other, primer pocket is held on the other mandrel which turns on a live center.  Making sense? I had taken a bunch of pictures but can't find them.

A small three wheel rolling mill with a hand crank would work better. I did this last winter just to see if it would work and it did. Once rolled to size the head is concave. This is where knuckle dragging cave man experience does it's job. I place a .310 drill rod in the case, place it on a solid flat surface and give it a whack with a hammer. That flattens the head back out. The primer pocket stays the same diameter.
  

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Reply #8 - Sep 2nd, 2024 at 10:58am
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Thanks Joe. I think I understand and will give it a try. I'll need to make some smooth rollers for a pipe cutter and then figure out the mandrels.

The knuckle dragging cave man part will be easy.  Banging rocks together is my specialty. Grin
  

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Reply #9 - Sep 4th, 2024 at 1:29am
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Joe,
This looks like a VERY practical approach to make 25-20SS from .223 brass and perhaps 28-30 from 30-06
  

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Reply #10 - Sep 4th, 2024 at 9:35am
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830singleshot wrote on Sep 4th, 2024 at 1:29am:
Joe,
This looks like a VERY practical approach to make 25-20SS from .223 brass and perhaps 28-30 from 30-06


I agree. The lathe works but trouble can be encountered when turning the case in the rollers. A better way would be to make a small three roller rolling mill with a hand crank. Set a case in the rollers, increase pressure as you turn the crank. I have a picture of it in my head. My own needs are not enough to make one. I should make one, nah.  Undecided

  

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