by juststarting » 14 May 2016, 10:37 am
I have 100'ish .223 PPU cases. Now, before we get into how much we hate PPU, my .308 batch is on the fifth cycle of reloads and looking fine. Brass is fine, though it is sh@$y quality ammo (more on that in Tumbling thread). Which brings me to my question.
The SAAMI spec says that .223 min case length should be 44.70mm. However, after measuring this PPU batch, once fired, I am getting length of 44.60 - 44.65ish after neck-only resizing.
Measured using digital varnier callipers and sampled with mechanical varnier calipers to confirm. Never had this issue with .308 PPU brass.
Wondering if it's okay to reload them at this case length?
In case question comes up, they will be used in Browning X-Bolt.
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