Monday, May 13, 2024

Filthie’s Reloading Bench: 6.5mm Creedmore Brain Fart


Flapz called me awhile back in a state of despair. He was having problems with his reloads not chambering in his brand new Savage straight pull bolt gun. I gotta say… these are VERY intriguing rifles. The bolts are ambidextrous on these so they’ll work for both left and right handed shooters. The preliminary range reports on OyTube are generally positive. About the only gripe I found with it was that the action was hellishy stiff and tight. It needs some remedial running I think and it should slick up a bit? Who knows? It doesn’t bother Flapz so I guess that’s a personal call. The variant that Flapz bought is a tactical rifle and I figured it was a tad heavy for my liking. But - I am getting spoilt by my little Ruger mouse gun in 223! Everything is heavy compared to that.

Anyhoo… Flapz claimed his dies weren’t working right and would have to be sent back because his reloads wouldn’t properly chamber in the gun or the chamber die. I told him to bring the rifle and plunder and we’d sort it out down in the Reclusium on his next trip up from BC. So he shows up, we take very thing downstairs. I set up the dies and ran the first shell through the process…



I shall call it the “6.5mm Retard Improved” cartridge.
Ackley and Weatherby can eat their hearts out!
🥴👍

 Aaaaaand I promptly crushed the bullet into the case! 🤬

“Flapz, you chucklehead!!! Did you chamfer this brass?!?!” I asked peevishly… and I was stupid for even asking the question. “Why - no,” he says. “Why would I?”  Welp…”ya do that to prevent squarshing them, ya fuggin retard!” I replied. 

Flapz had bought a bag of virgin, unprimed 6.5 Creedmore brass. All brass - even factory fresh unfired, unprimed virgin brass - should get chamfered and run through the resizing die and brass tumbler. When I resize my brass I run it through the first time, and then rotate the brass in the shell holder 90 degrees and run it through again. Chamfering allows the bullet to seat without crushing it into the case. The rest of the shells got the full spa treatment and they seated and chambered perfectly. 



There we go! That’s more like it!!!

Always remember, lads - got a bag of new brass? Chamfer it! If you trim your brass, chamfer it. If you have to force anything…chances are something, somewhere, is seriously wrong. We’ll see how Flapz does on his next trip out!

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8 comments:

  1. Wild, wild westMay 14, 2024 at 6:16 AM

    Not the issue here, but I like the Whidden case gage for setting up headspace for sizer dies, ensuring uniformity of sizing and sorting out problems. Dunno if they can be sent to Canuckistan or not.

    https://www.whiddengunworks.com/product/case-gauge-3/

    Never heard of the 90-degree rotation thing for resizing before. I'll give it a whang.

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    1. FilthieMay 15, 2024 at 2:23 AM

      Hmmmpppffffff… I’ve never seen one of those before W. When I set up my resizing dies I blacken the shoulder area and lower the die in so it just kisses it…with the idea that I just want to bump the shoulder by a thousandth or so.

      Thanks for the link, W, I can’t wait to watch the vid to see how it works… 😊👍

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  2. AnonymousMay 14, 2024 at 9:39 AM

    Good call Glen!

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    1. FilthieMay 15, 2024 at 2:41 AM

      Not really, A - I shoulda figured it out right over the phone when he called me about it. But we got him going now…

      Thanks for stopping in…! 😉👍

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  3. AnonymousMay 14, 2024 at 10:49 PM

    “All brass - even factory fresh unfired, unprimed virgin brass - should get chamfered and run through the resizing die and brass tumbler. When I resize my brass I run it through the first time, and then rotate the brass in the shell holder 90 degrees and run it through again.”

    THIS RIGHT HERE ! Glen you legend - I have NEVER seen that written anywhere before. I was wondering about this i as have a box of virgin Lapua brass for the 7-08 and was wondering about whether it needs resizing first. Still waiting for my magnetospeed chronograph to arrive, so won’t be long before I start reloading now.

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    1. FilthieMay 15, 2024 at 2:38 AM

      I learned everything I know the hard way, A. I dunno if spinning the case in the shell holder does anything, supposedly it makes the necks more concentric … and whether it means anything on the range, on the target? I dunno that either…it’s just a habit I picked up from listening to other stubfarts…

      I love my magnetospeed but have ya seen that new Garmin out there? If I understand it correctly it’s just a little gizmo about the size of your cell phone, and you just set it up on the table beside your rifle, point it down range… and records everything without contacting the rifle…

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  4. AnonymousMay 15, 2024 at 6:22 AM

    The Garmin sounds perfect - but - it’s $1,100 AUD here vs $450 plus freight for the base model Magnetospeed.

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  5. Don CurtonMay 15, 2024 at 1:58 PM

    I've only ever reloaded pistol brass, but decided to try some 30-30 just for the hell of it. Bought some fresh brass and, without knowing any better, set up the resizing die and ran them thru just to be sure. Glad my instinct was correct. But I didn't chamfer. When resizing, it put a slight bell on the neck to start the rounds without any need to chamfer. Then when seating the bullet it crimped the brass just a little. Am I missing something? Or did I just eff up. Haven't had a chance to shoot it yet, got too many irons in the fire right now.

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