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pasturepup

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Been having problems reloading for the .204 and found part of the problem. One Rem brass has a shoulder that is .13 shorter than the Hornady brass. Is this still safe to shoot? Now I have to go through all the Rem brass and check.
 
Look at your Trim length specs in your reloading Manual.
Trim lenght is 1.840

Max length is 1.845. My New Winny Brass is 1.842, if you are within these numbers you should be fine.
 
If you have brass with the shoulder set back, it will effect the headspace in your gun. If it was me I'd toss the brass.

If it's new brass you bought I'd call and see if they'll swap it out for "good" brass.
 
If the shoulder is set a little farther back, once you load and fire it, shouldnt it fireform to the chamber thereby making them fire the same for the next reloading?
 
If your shoulder is set back a tad you should be fine. It won't effect your headspace. It will fire form. Now if the shoulder is a tad long? Now that can be a problem. The round may not seat in your action, causing the the gun not to fire because the action is not locked in battery. It could cause a jam in your rifle as well if you you try to ram it in battery with a semi-automatic. Now you wouldn't ram it in with a bolt action because you would feel the round jamming. Right?
 
If it chambers with no probs, it should be ok. Ackley rounds have different shoulders too, in fact you need to fire standard brass to blow the shoulders out to fit the chamber. This looks like the same thing you are going through. As long as they chamber properly, load em fire em and reload em. If you check overall length after that you will probably see more concistancy in shoulder length.
 
Originally Posted By: pasturepupIt sets back .13 more than normal brass
If the shoulder is that short the ammo is unlikely to fire. No way will the firing pin reach the primer.

Something is seriously wrong to set shoulders back that far.

Jack
 
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