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Newtire · July 19, 2013, 08:29 PM

First off, I found that by making the 6.5-06 cases out of .30-06 cases, after the first firing, they shrink and I end up with short necks, not anything you can't live with. The .270 needs alot of trimming back and you end up with this giant "mushroom" of brass to de-burr. Just run the case up into your sizing die until the neck starts to enter the sizing portion of the die and a nice little ring of brass that was sticking out falls right off-makes it easy to de-burr. The .270 cases don't get shorter either when you fireform them.

I've never used .25-06 but bet that would be the way to go. If cases were common as 30-06 cases.

July 19, 2013, 08:29 PM	#13
Newtire Member Join Date: September 20, 2008 Posts: 26	.270 cases for making 6.5-06 & de-burring after trim job First off, I found that by making the 6.5-06 cases out of .30-06 cases, after the first firing, they shrink and I end up with short necks, not anything you can't live with. The .270 needs alot of trimming back and you end up with this giant "mushroom" of brass to de-burr. Just run the case up into your sizing die until the neck starts to enter the sizing portion of the die and a nice little ring of brass that was sticking out falls right off-makes it easy to de-burr. The .270 cases don't get shorter either when you fireform them. I've never used .25-06 but bet that would be the way to go. If cases were common as 30-06 cases.