How wrong was I?
Posted: Sat Jul 19, 2014 10:22 pm
Many years ago, I obtained a nice-looking Mauser sporter in 8mm-06 caliber, along with a set of reloading dies.
The rifle looked nice and was accurate enough...
Not knowing any better, I took the original owner's advice and obtained fresh new cases by simply shooting 30-06 commercial rounds from the 8mm-06 chamber. The brass would fire-form, and thereafter I could reload it with my 8mm-06 reloading dies. - It seemed to me at the time that the process worked quite well, but now I'm wondering if I was really wrong to do that.
I never hear of anybody else doing anything like that.
How wrong was I?
The rifle looked nice and was accurate enough...
Not knowing any better, I took the original owner's advice and obtained fresh new cases by simply shooting 30-06 commercial rounds from the 8mm-06 chamber. The brass would fire-form, and thereafter I could reload it with my 8mm-06 reloading dies. - It seemed to me at the time that the process worked quite well, but now I'm wondering if I was really wrong to do that.
I never hear of anybody else doing anything like that.
How wrong was I?