Blacktail53,
You can, but whether it works correctly or not depends on how firmly the case neck holds the bullet, and how hard the firing pin whacks the primer. Generally find it much better to have the chamber correctly cut for a crush fit on new brass, or to neck up and then neck down again to get a crush fit.
These days, however, I find the easiest solution is to use a factory round that produces the desired ballistics. There are so many out there these days, especially those with steeper shoulders to begin with, that I really don't see any point in fooling with "improved" cases.
John
My thinking is that concerning rifles you forget very little and you probably forgot more about rifles in your sleep last night than I'll ever know. I highly respect your knowledge.
What I'm looking for is not necessarily what little I would gain velocity wise. The 6.5/284 would be a viable consideration. Or several others. I have a TC Custom Shop 26" barrel in 6.5X55. Loaded tight it will get to 3100 with 120 gr TTSX. It's fine as is. I'm looking to do some experimenting. I've had wildcats and AI rifles. Realizing not much is gained by going to Ai except maybe decreasing case stretch which the 6.5X55 is plenty capable of.
I'm looking at the hobby thing. I enjoy changing things, the puttering required to load for the AI, running the changed things across the chronograph, seeing how it touches the target and the satisfaction of using it on game. I'm looking at the hobby thing, thus the questions. What I have to gain is the FUN and challenges of doing it.
I greatly appreciate the input from all here. Sure is a pleasure to learn things. Also appreciate the PMs that came my way about this issue.
Thanks
Jim
