cant find 221 brass

[notenoughguns]

Originally Posted by Pitt300

If your trim die is like mine you have to size it first to set the shoulder back far enough to get the case to feed up far enough to stick out the top so you can cut it off.
I only size w/.270 die & then cut off & then resize w/.308 expander ball & the trim to length.
Works great/cuts out a step/not as much working of the brass.
I also could not find .221 brass unless I wanted to spend a fortune so I went the .223 path & am very happy!
If you split a neck when sizing the 1st time, DO NOT throw it away as you will almost always cut that part of the case off anyway.

I use a redding form & trim 300/221 die pt# 83432 from midway about 35 bucks money well spent no lube needed saves much time then just proscess as normal

[miker557]

Many, many moons ago I got a Remington XP-100 in 221. At some point, I decided to make my own using 223 brass, but ran into the case thickness problem - case walls are thicker than the case neck. My solution was to get a neck reamer from Forstner Products, and reaming the neck after sizing the cases down.

When I decided I had to have a 300-221, I decided to go the same route. I do not yet have the dies (they are being ordered as I write), but I have already secured a 30 caliber neck reamer, to thin out the brass at the case neck. Another solution would be to get a case turner (RCBS and Lee both sell versions), to cut away brass from the outside of the neck. The advantage to that, is that it will make the case necks very uniform, more accurately centering the bullet in the bore before it is launched.

Anyway, thanks for letting me join the forum, hope I'm not sounding like some newbie idiot.

Miker