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<spam style="font-family:'Tahoma';"></spam> High Cap'n here<br /><br />I was reading on some 303 forum about this exact case stretching and reduced brass life. A genuine genius told of putting a small O rig in front of the rim. this keeps the case head in contact with the front of the bolt head. el...

High Cap'n <br /><br />I would suggest that before you go the fire lap route try paper patching. plain old news print is pretty aggressive. try a half dozen PP first. It's aggressive on corrosion ad crud but much less so on steel. more of a polish.<br /><br />Hope this helps Cap'n<br /><br />B-brea...

High Cap'n here.
Another hack that I use is 303 British brass. Case forming is snap. the casing is a bit short. But works great.