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  • csburtch
    Member
    • Jan 2011
    • 366

    6.8 case trimming, Oops!

    So apparently I screwed up. Loaded a couple hundred rounds of 6.8 spc and only some of them were within the max length. I loaded two magazines and 1 out of each mag got jammed in the chamber. I stopped shooting my loads and went to back to factory loads. After pondering this a while and returning home to mic the cases (loaded) I some how missed some cases in the trimming procedure. Not good. To remedy this I ordered a case headspace gauge to test everything I loaded and take apart and trim all that I screwed up. Does this sound like the procedure I should go through? Obviously I should have made sure they were to length first. What do you guys think?
  • #2
    Full Clip
    I need a LIFE!!
    • Dec 2006
    • 10263

    Yep, you have to trim to spec. Otherwise you get what you got, or worse.

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    • #3
      r3dn3ck
      Banned
      • Feb 2010
      • 1900

      get a bullet puller. Pull all loads apart that were in the suspect batch. Since you didn't follow procedure on the case trim god only knows what else was mucked up. Trim, re-drop powder and re-seat bullets, enjoy.

      I've had more than my share of cases outside spec. You really do have to be picky as hell. Good enough isn't at these pressures.

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      • #4
        jm13690
        Senior Member
        • Dec 2010
        • 766

        Originally posted by r3dn3ck
        get a bullet puller. Pull all loads apart that were in the suspect batch. Since you didn't follow procedure on the case trim god only knows what else was mucked up. Trim, re-drop powder and re-seat bullets, enjoy.

        I've had more than my share of cases outside spec. You really do have to be picky as hell. Good enough isn't at these pressures.
        I agree too, just start all over again in case you might have missed something.

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        • #5
          csburtch
          Member
          • Jan 2011
          • 366

          I should be able to reuse the projectiles right? Just separate per weight and dump the powder back in it's container?
          Should I trim and then resize the case?
          Just to be sure or resize then trim? Does it matter?

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