I started a thread about needing a bullet puller because I had bought some reloads at an estate sale and I wanted to salvage cases and load my own recipe
The boxes were all marked (factory marks) .270 but there was a sticky note on a couple that said 75gr HP, 56gr IMR 4831
Every case was head stamped .270 and I considered loading them in the my ruger M77 and shooting them, then reloading but decided pulling bullets and dumping charges and starting over was a better option
I used a hammer type puller and dislodged one load.
Curiosity got to me so I weighed projectiles and sure enough 75gr and powder weights were not exact but close
^^^^^ Reason #1 that has been stated by many for not using handloads you did not load yourself
So someone had commented on the thread about bullet pullers that once you seat and then unseat a bullet in a case that you need to resize to get next bullet to properly seat.
Now I am very much uneducated about reloading so I decided to see just how loose the bullet fit in a fired case, the bullet fell into the fired case with lots of room to spare and I wondered just how much would a case expand.
I dug my calipers out and looked up case specs for .270 and outside is .308 and that checked out, inside was very close to .278
75gr bullet diameter was .255
Reason #2
When you put the empty cases side by side you can tell the reloaded one had been renecked down and is slightly shorter (maybe the one I had needs trimming) but just pulling one of the reloads out with no comparison it LOOKED like a .270
I have no idea if firing them through the bigger bore would have caused major damage but my gut says it would not be good
Now I am left with trying to figure out exactly what I have that is a .270 case necked down to .255?
So if you are considering using some reloaded ammo take the advice of the majority and DO NOT USE IT
UNLESS you know the reloader or can verify with no question the accuracy of what the load consists of
The boxes were all marked (factory marks) .270 but there was a sticky note on a couple that said 75gr HP, 56gr IMR 4831
Every case was head stamped .270 and I considered loading them in the my ruger M77 and shooting them, then reloading but decided pulling bullets and dumping charges and starting over was a better option
I used a hammer type puller and dislodged one load.
Curiosity got to me so I weighed projectiles and sure enough 75gr and powder weights were not exact but close
^^^^^ Reason #1 that has been stated by many for not using handloads you did not load yourself
So someone had commented on the thread about bullet pullers that once you seat and then unseat a bullet in a case that you need to resize to get next bullet to properly seat.
Now I am very much uneducated about reloading so I decided to see just how loose the bullet fit in a fired case, the bullet fell into the fired case with lots of room to spare and I wondered just how much would a case expand.
I dug my calipers out and looked up case specs for .270 and outside is .308 and that checked out, inside was very close to .278
75gr bullet diameter was .255
Reason #2
When you put the empty cases side by side you can tell the reloaded one had been renecked down and is slightly shorter (maybe the one I had needs trimming) but just pulling one of the reloads out with no comparison it LOOKED like a .270
I have no idea if firing them through the bigger bore would have caused major damage but my gut says it would not be good
Now I am left with trying to figure out exactly what I have that is a .270 case necked down to .255?
So if you are considering using some reloaded ammo take the advice of the majority and DO NOT USE IT
UNLESS you know the reloader or can verify with no question the accuracy of what the load consists of
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