Need help finding a simple solution.....

by Gunner , St Louis, Thursday, September 01, 2022, 22:09 (749 days ago)

Long story short.....years ago I had a Marlin 336 Cowboy in 38-55 Winchester, in a moment of not thinking correctly I sold it, jump forward 8 years, I found a replacement, NIB and best price I have seen in a while so I bought it. My old one liked bullets in the .377-.379" diameter range, so I bought some hard cast bullets with a .380" diameter, limited selection due to all the craziness over the last few years.

Problem.....new rifle DOESN'T like them, lever hangs up with the loaded round not fully seating, I can force it and get a slight pop feel. As I am not shooting nuclear loads I test fired a few with no issues. Reloaded a few more and tried a few different things.....running loaded round necks slightly into a sizing die, trimmed the cases back a 0.100" and double runs thru the crimp die, less pop when closing the lever but still there. Hoot gave me some samples of .375" and .377" bullets to try, (thanks good buddy) the .375" bullet loaded rounds drop right in with zero effort or pop.

Now I have 600 hard cast bullets and no way to size them down as I do not cast bullets. Lee offers a bullet sizer gizmo that fits in a standard 7/8" die reloading press but doesn't offer a .375" die. Regular type bullet sizing dies require a bullet sizing press and I don't really want to spend $300+ to deal with 600 bullets.

Anyone know of any tool to resize 600 hard cast bullets using a RCBS Rock Chucker press or cost effective solution to this issue?????????????

Gunner

ps
why is "t e s t" not a forum accepted word?

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