How short is too short?
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chuckhunter
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How short is too short?
I have a case lenght trimmer that I've been trimming my cases with. But, with me being new to reloading I got a little happy with it and trimmed some of my cases down to 1.835 is this too short to use??? Should I load them and use them as foulers or just toss them.. Thanks in advance all replies..........
Re: How short is too short?
No problem, use them. I sometimes intentionally cut mine to 1.835. Seems I always find one short one in a batch so I trim to that length to clean them up. After a couple of firings they will be right out there.
FYI - your case trimmer should have some type of stop so that no matter how "happy" you get with it you could never cut them short of where you set it.
FYI - your case trimmer should have some type of stop so that no matter how "happy" you get with it you could never cut them short of where you set it.
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Silverfox
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Re: How short is too short?
I purchased some Nosler brass and they are all in the 1.835" length category. I'd rather have them at 1.840", but Nosler won't go for that. I guess when you manufacture hundreds of thousands and maybe millions of .204 Ruger casings, you can make a bunch more by making them all 1.835" long instead of 1.840" long 
The length of many of the WW casings in the first batch of WW casings I bought were 1.835". I trimmed all of those casings to 1.835". It sure didn't seem to have and adverse effects that I could tell. Go ahead and use them.
[Edited for spelling errors.]
The length of many of the WW casings in the first batch of WW casings I bought were 1.835". I trimmed all of those casings to 1.835". It sure didn't seem to have and adverse effects that I could tell. Go ahead and use them.
[Edited for spelling errors.]
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chuckhunter
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Re: How short is too short?
I did tighten the set screw on the stop but it must have loosened up.
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bow shot
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Re: How short is too short?
1.8275" for me, screwed up a mess of 'em before I realized that I messed up my home-fabricated Lee gauge/trimmer.
I don't have much of an accuracy round yet however, perhaps I ruined my life by doing that. Time will tell I guess as I work on the load....
I don't have much of an accuracy round yet however, perhaps I ruined my life by doing that. Time will tell I guess as I work on the load....