04-08-2015, 09:07 AM
rd, Thanks for the tip on annealing. These cases are brand new but I will be sure and do my older ones.
What method do you use to anneal the neck and make sure you don't affect the body and case head?
As a further FYI here are a couple of pictures from some of my old Shooting Times magazines that show more clearly what I was trying to explain yesterday. If you click on the picture I think you will be able to read the notes easily.
Here is a cutaway .30 Herrett barrel and chamber showing how a rimmed case can be head spaced on the shoulder.
And here is a picture of a sectioned .218 Bee case showing that a few thousandths of clearance at the front of the rim will still leave plenty of "meat" to withstand the pressure (same as the Herrett).
I will keep you all posted on my work with this pistol and hopefully next week I'll have some good targets to post!
What method do you use to anneal the neck and make sure you don't affect the body and case head?
As a further FYI here are a couple of pictures from some of my old Shooting Times magazines that show more clearly what I was trying to explain yesterday. If you click on the picture I think you will be able to read the notes easily.
Here is a cutaway .30 Herrett barrel and chamber showing how a rimmed case can be head spaced on the shoulder.
And here is a picture of a sectioned .218 Bee case showing that a few thousandths of clearance at the front of the rim will still leave plenty of "meat" to withstand the pressure (same as the Herrett).
I will keep you all posted on my work with this pistol and hopefully next week I'll have some good targets to post!
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