Making 25-06 brass

Double_D

Double_D

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I had a post a few weeks ago about getting a 25-06. I bought some 25-06 brass, but also have a good number of 270, and 30-06 brass that I have picked up at the range. I don't shoot a 270 or 30-06 so I am not worried about mixing the loads up. Is there any catches to running this brass through the die and trimming to length? I just did a few of each, and they look fine (looks can be deceiving). Any tips or otherwise good advice, I am all ears...thanks
 
You are probably going to have very thick necks and will need to turn them to thin it out.

I would suggest selling the once fired brass on one of the websites like this and use the proceeds to buy new brass that would require less work.

just my 2 cents.
 
Just watch your case dimensions as long as the shoulder angle is the same or close for head spaceing they should be fine one time fired then the are what you made them this time 25-06.I often make cases from other non head stamped cases when I need to.Its a little easier when you start out with the parent case than if you were to make them out of something other than the parent case...
 
I would use the 30-06 brass, I made some from 270 and had to trim them alot and the necks are thicker with the 270, which can cause them not to chamber very well if your rifle is tight-necked.
 
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OK, now help me out with turning the neck, I am not familiar with that one.



You won't have to turn the necks...

... 6.5-06 reamers are made with the knowledge that the cases are going to be made from 06 cases... so there's plenty of clearance unless you order a "tight neck" chamber (don't).

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Cat, I am making these for a 25-06.

I just went and measured, the 25/06 cases .13, the 30/06 cases .17.

Cool, another Midway order.
 
Double D, when you neck down the 30/06 case, the neck gets thicker. As you seat the bullet in the case, the bullet will have more "grip" on the bullet causing the pressures to rise a little. The pressure rising a little bit more may be a good thing or it may be a bad thing.

For sure, the loads that work in Regular 25/06 brass may not group the same as brass made out of 30/06 brass, YOU WILL JUST HAVE TO TRY IT AND SEE!

One thing for sure, if you are necking down various brands of brass found on the range, your accuracy may be all over the map because the internal case capacity varies between Rem, fed, and Win. If you are just shooting jackrabbits with the ammo, it may not matter. If you are wanting to shoot 1" groups at 100 yards, then sorting brass is a must.
 
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You are probably going to have very thick necks and will need to turn them to thin it out.

I would suggest selling the once fired brass on one of the websites like this and use the proceeds to buy new brass that would require less work.

just my 2 cents.


Not a bad suggestion when you find cases running 6.29 for 20.
 
I have about 100 peices of once fired remington nickle brass in 30/06 and about 50 in 270. Someone had a big time at the range and left it all laying. I bought 200 peices of 25/06 brass, and judging by the price of neck turning tools, I will just use the 25/06 brass and hold on to the other for the 'fubar' box.

I might try a few of the cases just to see, once again, thanks for the help.......
 
Beware of the nickle brass. even normal resizing will cause pieces of the nickle to flake off. Those flakes can and do damage dies. Necking it down will accelerate that flaking.
 
i have necked down hundreds if not thousands of 270 and 30-06 to 25-06 and never had a problem in any of the 4 rifles i have owned.
 
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