How hard is necking up 06 brass to form 35 Whelens

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Ramjet

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Just bought a Whelen and would like to know how difficult is it to form 35 Whelen cases . Whelen brass is hard to find . I have a set of lee standard reloading dies and lots of 06 cases.Do I need anything else?
 
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I know some prefer to neck up to 338 or 8mm first, and then to 35. I don't. I just run it through my redding die, but I do highly recomend annealing first, especially if the 06 cases have been previously fired. It helps reduce neck splitting. Don't worry too much about the 06 cases being too short, they will lengthen in time, unless you are shooting a 35 Whelen AI.
 
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