case trimming question

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23 February 2009, 03:39

Cliff Lyle

case trimming question

I have a question regarding case trim lengthts. My Hornady manual has a case trim length and a max case length.

For example:
.22-250 max case length is 1.912"
.22-250 case trim length is 1.902"

My question is, Can the brass whose lengths lie between those two measurements be safely loaded without being trimmed?

23 February 2009, 04:05

kraky

ABSOLUTELY...they want you to trim when you get to "max" length. And they want you to trim down to "trim" length. You want to be in between.

23 February 2009, 04:05

bartsche

YES

roger

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23 February 2009, 04:08

Oday450

Yes, trimming is not really necessary until the max case length is reached. Each time the case is fired it stretches a little bit. Resize the cases then measure for length and resize when they exceed the maximum length.

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23 February 2009, 04:18

Cliff Lyle

Thank you. You have really helped me and are going to save me a lot of work.