![]() ![]() I really like the rifle and want to hunt with it, but not if I have to have Herculean strength to chamber a round. But this apparatus is yielding an OAL that is OBVIOUSLY way short of the lands when finally loaded. Lee doesn't make a neck-sizer die for 8x57mm that I'm aware of.ī) I bought a Stony Point OAL gauge with a 8x57mm case to help get the bullet close to the lands. I've even tried cranking the re-sizing die clear down way past where I should, hoping that it will size the case down small enough to chamber easily. I've been using a Lee full-length sizer die, and a Lee trimmer to trim the cases. It seems that the brass just doesn't fit the chamber. Two main problems are cropping up:Ī) Whenever I chamber one of my reloads, I have to practically bang down the bolt with a hammer to get the bolt all the way down. Now I've been reloading that S&B brass and am having a heck of a time. All of the S&B ammo loaded and extracted just fine. I broke it in with S&B factory FMJ and got a bunch of good groups with it. I have a pretty accurate (with factory FMJ) Yugo Mauser 48A that I put a scope on. ![]()
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