Reloading: M1895 Nagant (part 3)

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Part 1: Reloading: M1895 Nagant (part 1)
Part 2: Reloading: M1895 Nagant (part 2)

So this is a very interesting discovery… 310 Cadet brass

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Stay tunned! Science and more in depth assessment will follow.

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Reloading: M1895 Nagant (part 4)

Alright, I had enough of this madness! Yes, I can load as intended… But it’s a bit of a process and I can’t be bothered. I can use 310 Cadet cases, but Bertram brass seems to have that tiny variance in the rim thickness to make it jam sometimes on cocking. So! As always! 1am brain fart and science.

Something I saw on Reddit and went, hey…

  1. Cut actual Nagant cases… Took me a few goes to get it right. Cut to 30.5mm and trim to something like 30.02mm. The 0.02mm is within calliper variance, so close enough, was aiming for 30mm because OCD, but whatever. Looks fine.

  2. Use the same projies as TT-33, they work. All sized to .308 and work great. Started life as HRBC 30 Carbine I think.

  3. Cut, trim, chamfer, deburr… I have power tools for all that so we are good. Fast process. Done.

This is where the hard part of making cases ends…

Normal reloading process (albeit using various dies).

  1. Nagant (typical Lee, 32-20) FL die + 308 FL die to uniform mouth. I could just grab that expander and pop that in the Nagant FL die, but I need the 308 dies as they are. I might just buy an extra mandrel.
  2. Universal expander die for pre-seating.
  3. TT-33 seating die to seat and roll crimp in one step.

Made a few template cases and dummy rounds so I don’t have readjust every time. Aaaand we are good to go!

I think I got the sizing super nice too, the tip of the projectile goes into the forcing cone when the cylinder moves forwards.

Yay me! Finally, I have a normal reloading process for the most steampunk gun I have.

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