Thread: Head Space Struggles with the 6.5x55.

Originally Posted by blip

I reload for 3x x55s never had problems like that with my shitty lee dies or my hornady ones.

I really believe people are over thinking this whole problem. When Wellington Sporting Arms first brought these rifles into NZ only berdan primed ammo was available and we sized down 30/06 and 270 cases which worked well in spite of an undersized head. My old RCBS dies turned out ammo which could be fired in several rifles interchangeably with out a problem. In Military rifles headspace is often loose and not a problem.Annealing cases was not common practice and we just fired them till the neck split.