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EekerAfter twice fireing some cases that were resently made to fit the second 7.62 X 41 I found that they all had shortened between .010"to .015". In all my years of fireforming I never realized that this happens. Thinking about it, however, it is definitely understandable. Anyone else surprised? nillyroger


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well, i won't tell you that you ight have over shortned them when they were trimmed, first or most immediate time..

but if they are 41MM long BEFORE firing , and anything like improved from after, than of course they are now corret in all other dimensions...

i trim the AR cases to 2.65 if i die form them, then fireform and trim to 2.55, for thr rumbased ones


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well, I won't tell you that you ight have over shortned them when they were trimmed, first or most immediate time..


Prior to loading and fire forming the cases measured nominally 1.618". They now measure between 1.604" to 1.615".

ConfusedIs it so hard to believe that the brass necks can donate to the forming of the body and shoulder? Roll Eyesroger


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Anytime you sharpen a shoulder or expand it in diameter to reduce the taper of the cartridge body, the cartridge usually ends up being shortened as the brass has to come from somewhere. Even if it's just that the chamber is a little larger than the brass, that first firing will shorten the brass as it expands to fit the chamber more exactly.
 
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Anytime you sharpen a shoulder or expand it in diameter to reduce the taper of the cartridge body, the cartridge usually ends up being shortened as the brass has to come from somewhere. Even if it's just that the chamber is a little larger than the brass, that first firing will shorten the brass as it expands to fit the chamber more exactly.


WinkI see it the same way, now, never gave it much thought before.

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Anytime you sharpen a shoulder or expand it in diameter to reduce the taper of the cartridge body, the cartridge usually ends up being shortened



I've observed this a couple of when forming 'cats.

I do suscribe to the notion that as you "true up" or "blow out" the body/shoulder and shoulder/neck junctures, your case shortens.

Think about it as a piece of string laid alond the surface, being fixed at the case head. As these curves straighten into crisp angle points, the path becomes longer, but not the OAL - it must shrink.


 
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[QUOTE]Originally posted by CMcDermott:
Think about it as a piece of string laid alond the surface, being fixed at the case head. As these curves straighten into crisp angle points, the path becomes longer, but not the OAL - it must shrink.


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