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small base dies?

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15 August 2009, 15:02
sidewinder72
small base dies?
I have only reloaded for bolt guns, no semi-autos. I now have a AR that I need to load for. I see nothing about small base dies in manuals. Question is can I use my regular dies to load for this?
15 August 2009, 18:31
airgun1
Most people use Full Length dies for AR's. Small Base aren't necessary and they overwork the cases.


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15 August 2009, 19:23
DMB
What airgun said.
I wouldn't go to small base dies unless I had feeding problems with the AR-15.




15 August 2009, 22:55
sidewinder72
Thanks alot guys. Thats what I needed to hear. I load for same caliber for T/C contender.
15 August 2009, 23:02
muck
The only use I have for small base dies is to resize surplus brass that has been fired in a
"generously" cut chamber. Such as found in machine guns.

muck