Home Forums Reloading Big Game Rifles Different rifles same caliber sizing?

Well tried to limit my self to one rifle in same caliber but it got away from me in 6.5 Creedmoor. 6 of the same.


Have 3 die sets and 6 rifles in the same caliber, chambers are very similar. Thinking of using a Redding competition shell holder set for shoulder set back, and the Lee collet die. And still segregating, cases want to simplifly not make it harder.

The newest RH Tikka 6.5 CM chamber is quite a bit smaller than the rest, so I,ll size the similar rifles chambers to the smallest of those.

If the chambers are very similar then just size for the smallest one. I do that for most of my 308's. I do have two outliers in my bunch however.

I have five 7 mags, four 30-06’s, couple of other pairs of calibers. I full size the brass, shoot the same load in all of them. I would go crazy trying to keep separate brass for each one.

I don't see that as being an issue. I have several duplicate chamberings as well.

I would treat every rifle as a different chambering keeping brass separated. As for sizing I would imagine you want to partial full length size for brass longevity and precise fit. I use the same shell holder and use a feeler gauge for the precise space between shell holder and die body. After sizing the first case I check the fit in the chamber and fine tune if necessary.

I gave up on that the first time I realized I mixed the brass. Neck-sizer only.

Depends. If chambers are reasonably close will FL, or partial size to fit smallest chamber. My .300 Roys, .308s, '06s are like that.

But one current .300 Win really stretches them. Alot. So segregate brass, and run new-unfired over a larger expander to create a faux shoulder (first firing) for that one.

This is the way I go. Never owned to rifle's in the same cartridge for most my life then somehow ended up with two 243's. Both rifles have their own set of dies. With one set the partial sized case's will chamber easily in both rifles. With the other set the case's will only chamber in one rifle. Also only use one bullet in each rifle and the seating die is set for each. With the dies set, they get locked in and left. Both rifle's shoot very well. Close to 1/2" at 100yds. Onr use's 70gr SMK's the other 75gr Hornady V-Max.

If for some reason I decided to hunt deer with the 243, I'd buy a new one and set it up for it's own dies and bullet.

Exactly what I've done, and especially important belted cases.

Keep the brass separate, Lee collet neck size only. I load for 4 .223 and 4 7mm-08, I don’t FL size.




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I just don’t have time or the patience to keep all that separate. The rifles I have will shoot an inch or less with the one loading I use. I don’t see how keeping separate loads for each rifle would improve my groups to make separate loads for each worth the trouble! I don’t shoot more than 265 yards

I make up one load that fits in the tightest chamber and call it good. The approach works for us for .223/5.56, .243, .308 Win, .30-06 and .308 Norma which are all I have duplicate chamberings that I load for.

In the cases where I have a chamber that is noticeably tighter than its peers that rifle is the more accurate of them as well.

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I have lots of rifles chambered for the same cartridge; 13x223, 11x22-250, 21x243,etc., etc., and have a dedicated set of brass for each rifle that I reload for. I have either 200 or 300 dedicated cases for my varmint rifles and 100 for my other rifles. I'm interested in maximizing the accuracy potential of each rifle, plus I have pretty much all the time I want to spend reloading, so while my process may be more involved/complicated than you prefer, it is a process that works for me. Heck, I even deburr the primer holes and trim new cases to a uniform length before I weigh and sort them.

Only had two in the same caliber once, 243's the brass would not interchange. A Winchester Model 70 and a Santa Barbara Mauser. Brass from one, even full length re-sized would not chamber in the other. Both however would handle factory ammo with no issues. Once fired no way. I finally bought one brand that was the Mauser's.. Any thing else was the Winchesters.

I do the same thing. Its not rocket science. Some of these fu cks like to not keep things simple..

I have three 243's and utilize three different brands of brass to keep them separate. And five 270's. Gotta' agree with Stick--headspace counts. It's always quite possible to have chambers so similar that the brass can be sized the same, but throats are going to change at different rates unless shooting the same powder, bullets, and same number of rounds every time. So seating depth will most always be different between rifles.

I go so far as to buy different colored and/or different brand of ammo boxes and assign them to each rifle. Just got an order in from Natchez that included some of those cute, pink topped boxes made by Smart Reloader (whoever the heck they are).

^^ This ^^ but am down to 1 ea except a couple 308s, so it's a moot point.

One 308 is a pump so requires FLR and the other bolt gun get the collet die. That brass stays separate.

I separated same caliber but different rifles by brass head stamp. Fed, rem, WW, etc. I do the same in my shotgun shells for singles and Handicap. Simple to ID