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I've been resizing a bunch of Federal .223 Rem. cases that I picked up at the police range. When I measured them after sizing most of them are well under the 1.750" trim-to length, like .006-.011" under. Also a few were as long as 1.777".
My question is, Are they too short to reload? What would you consider the minimum length to reload? The necks on .223 cases are already pretty short so I don't want to have any problems due to the short length.

Thanks.

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.010 under trim to length won’t hurt anything, they’ll grow after you shoot them anyway.

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I deliberately trim mine 0.010" under. That way I only have to trim once or twice for the life of the case.

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Just make sure you trim and chamfer them all the SAME after FL sizing.
Then your total neck grab starts from the SAME point and gives you the SAME net.


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Originally Posted by Dave_Skinner
Just make sure you trim and chamfer them all the SAME after FL sizing.
Then your total neck grab starts from the SAME point and gives you the SAME net.

Thanks, I wondered about that.


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Originally Posted by Tim_K
I deliberately trim mine 0.010" under. That way I only have to trim once or twice for the life of the case.


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If you measure after you FL size, you are getting a better number, then trim.

You may have to use a small base sizer, depending on what kind of barrel you are using.

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I am trying to under stand your question. You are using range pick ups (+-4/8% variation) and you are worried about 0.004" in case OAL??? PS; the reason they were at the range was because the shooter knew that they were 70-80k PSI loads.


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Originally Posted by FatAlbert
I am trying to under stand your question. You are using range pick ups (+-4/8% variation) and you are worried about 0.004" in case OAL??? PS; the reason they were at the range was because the shooter knew that they were 70-80k PSI loads.


I doubt police range pickups were loaded to 70-80K.........

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Originally Posted by FatAlbert
I am trying to under stand your question. You are using range pick ups (+-4/8% variation) and you are worried about 0.004" in case OAL??? PS; the reason they were at the range was because the shooter knew that they were 70-80k PSI loads.

I think the reason they were at the range is that the officers that fired them don't reload, therefore have no reason to pick them up.


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