Thread: Die problem

A "tight priming hole" per se won't cause that. I suspect the depriming stem was too low and bottomed out of the web.

Originally Posted by 6x47

A "tight priming hole" per se won't cause that. I suspect the depriming stem was too low and bottomed out of the web.

What I suspected. Alsi, that case looks as if it might have been forced too far into the die. The bottom edge of the shoulder looks "rounded". Is this definitely a .308W case ?

Originally Posted by 30.06king

What I suspected. Alsi, that case looks as if it might have been forced too far into the die. The bottom edge of the shoulder looks "rounded". Is this definitely a .308W case ?

Has 7.62 on the head stamp.

Sadly it has damaged the internal thread too it seems as I tried a cap from another die set and it won't screw in. Guess I will have to dig deep for a new set unless anyone knows of a single full length die for .308W anywhere.

Originally Posted by Happy Jack

Has 7.62 on the head stamp.

Sadly it has damaged the internal thread too it seems as I tried a cap from another die set and it won't screw in. Guess I will have to dig deep for a new set unless anyone knows of a single full length die for .308W anywhere.

7.62 headstamp possibly suggests military brass, meaning some possibility also of Berdan primed ( I think some older European military ammo still in circulation is Berdan primed ). I hope that was checked ...? Seeing the pic better on my PC ( rather than phone ) something weird happened to your brass in the die. There should not be a doughnut at the base of the neck, and, as I mentioned the lower shoulder edge is rounded rather than sharply angled. To me it appears you've attempted to FL size a case longer than a standard .308W Any possibility it might be a 30.06 case ... ?
I agree that it looks like a new die is required.