Has anyone resized .308 brass to 7/08 ? I see that .308 brass is available with small primer pockets. Since I can buy all the small rifle primers that I want and large rifle are not to be found in my area I thought I would try this. Would the brass end up being too short or is there some other reason not to do this.
There is a small chance the necks of the loaded rounds may not have enough clearance in the chamber. I have encountered this myself.
The success of the experiment may be powder/primer dependent. I've had no trouble lighting off 40+ grains of IMR4350 in Creedmoor cases using Remington 7 1/2 and CCI 450 primers. That's an extruded powder. I don't know how a 7/08 quantity of ball powder will get along with small primers. Maybe someone else will chime in on that point.
On the plus side, careful sizing of the brass will allow you to set up perfect headspace on the first firing.