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Keep it? Shoot it? Sell it? If it was me since you have more than 1 carbine the answer would be keep it and shoot then reload it and shoot it again. As many times as the brass holds out.
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05-31-2014 12:40 PM
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I will hang on to the LC bandolier ammo. Pass it on with the carbines when I am done. Got two buckets of brass, LC and everything else. Bought the dies and components to load 'em. Pretty excited about taking my first steps of loading for the war babies. Just wish I had bought more of the bandolier ammo a few years ago, before it disappeared from the retail market. Who would have thought there would be no more.
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If your going to reload cases then be sure to measure the sized cases before you load them. Carbine brass stretches a lot with each firing and sizing. Do not load any case that is longer then 1.290 inches in length. If that long or longer then trim the cases back to 1.285 but no less then 1.280. If you do load cases over the 1.290 mark then you run the risk of the bolt not closing all the way but enough to allow the hammer to hit the firing pin with will cause and out of battery discharge. This could very well damage the carbine or the bolt plus the shooter.
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Thanks for the advice on case length. Duly noted and WILCO. Still setting up a new reloading section in my shop, but 30 carbine dies will be the first to go in the brand new RockChucker sometime this summer. Lots of once fired brass waiting for processing. HooRah.
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