Home Forums Reloading Big Game Rifles headspace question

I made a big mistake long ago by going by RCBS's instructions on how to set up their size die. I ended up about 4-5 reloads later with a crack half way around the case head and the rest of the cases you could run a paper clip down inside the case and find out they too were on their way to separating. so, for that rifle manufacturer's instructions were poison.

The Hornady Head Space gauge will tell yo how much the shoulder is being bumped back. I go no more than .002" and neck size only until it's necessary to FL size.



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