well folks,they look interesting.the hype is interesting,and loading the suckers sure as heck is........interesting.
resized as usual...wow feels really easy
went to prime....URRRRR WRONG....didnt have correct shell holder for lee autoprime...wonder if 45/70 will work??? yip close enough...URRR WRONG AGAIN...fat arse of case wont fit between walls of the auto prime.....scratch head
place small coin on ram of press
place bullet eating die in press and carefully press primer in......
next case give it a good debur in primer pocket and repeat.....
yip its working,dropped a primer...dug another out...then realised the rcbs die was adding crimp
ok all not lost...put 45/70 powder through die in so it engauges shoulder... yip that works better
get them all primed
measure out powder and charge cases....
then start to seat the flat base projectiles...yes you guessed it half of the necks now too tight....
put FL die back in and screwed down the expander button...opened necks back up a bit...deburred them well
got all but one in...that one did the dreaded doughnut
so broke more rules...took die out,poked round in base,carefully grabbed projectile with pliers and moved ram down...out it came...couldnt use inertia puller as case too fat...
tipped out powder...resized live primed case.....
carefully and wearing eye protection... resized case twice...shoulder a tad rounder and shorter than ideal but its sized...so re primed..this time I took my through powder die and threaded it UPWARDS into press...worked even better
and finally got that round loaded
about an hour for 12 rounds........plurry pleased I dont own a WSM ,put these together for mate.....hope like heck they ignite...most of primers are flush,a couple are SLIGHTLY proud...guess he should be able to press them deer per with press primer tool are similar....
so much for whip up a few rounds to try.