56-50 Taylor "trim to" length?

Mossyrock · October 05, 2007, 09:28:16 AM

In the course of doing some case prep work last night, I started measuring case lengths, at random, of the Starline 56-50 cases I had on hand. Wow. Talk about a variation! I have cases as short as 1.146" and as long as 1.160"! What are you guys using for a "trim to" length for your brass? I am inclined to go with 1.150" or so. Sure, that won't catch the shorter ones, but it will be closer than 1.160". Your thoughts?

Fox Creek Kid · October 05, 2007, 02:55:45 PM

You're wasting your time. #1 it's not a 6mm PPC benchrest rifle. #2 it's not a high pressure round. Starline cases in all calibers are short. OAL is far more important in this case (no pun intended). Anneal the case mouths, size, bell, load & enjoy.

Mossyrock · October 05, 2007, 03:38:33 PM

Quote from: Fox Creek Kid on October 05, 2007, 02:55:45 PM
You're wasting your time. #1 it's not a 6mm PPC benchrest rifle. #2 it's not a high pressure round. Starline cases in all calibers are short. OAL is far more important in this case (no pun intended). Anneal the case mouths, size, bell, load & enjoy.

Yeah, I am probably being too picky. How are you annealling your case mouths?

Fox Creek Kid · October 05, 2007, 07:03:40 PM

Do a search of this forum as it has been discussed countless times.

Dakota Widowmaker · October 07, 2007, 08:44:27 PM

I put all my brass I am going to anneal into a pan with a shallow amount of water to just come up 1/2 way on the spencer cases and then use a MAP torch "Benzomatic" to heat up the cases one at a time in a dimmly lit are of the house.

I heat them just enough so that they mouth's "glow" a bit and then tip them over.

Some folks dip them in a lead casting pot while holding it with a pair of pliers. I did this ONCE and had to fish out my case from a pot of molten lead... NOT how I wanted to spend the afternoon.

Backstrap Bill · October 12, 2007, 09:40:01 PM

You'd be surprised how well the 56-50 shoots off the bench.

I trim 0.01" less than the case length found at http://members.shaw.ca/cstein0/rimiden.htm

I've only had to trim once, just to tidy things up - new brass, you know. Since then, I just neck size. I've fired all of my cases 6 times now, annealing before each loading & then neck sizing. The little boogers have not grown a thousandth of an inch.

Dakota Widowmaker · October 24, 2007, 02:12:55 PM

Where are you folks getting your case trimmers from???

Mossyrock · October 24, 2007, 06:48:50 PM

Lyman from Buffalo Arms....the one that takes shell holders. (The "Classic"?)