Says to use a .44 magnum carbide die.. and a few other steps but...
.35 Remington body size is .4574
.308 is .4709
.300 Savage is .471 (bummer.)
So squeezing down .4709 to .4574....
TONS of work to do this!! Even the primer pocket has to be swedged a bit as it is compressed..
Seems to work with any .30-03 descendant (.30-06, .308, etc).
From another thread...
I found an old 30-06 sizing die that was surplus, so I cut the top off just inside of the shoulder. I use this first step with half a die to size, 308 or 30-06, closer to the 35 Rem. The process is as follows
1 anneal the 30-06 brass.
1.2 cut the 30-06 shorter to about 2 inches
2 make sure the case is well lubed!
3 used the press and a bottom punch, push the 30-06 case into the cut full sizing die until it measures the correct head diameter for 35 rem.
3.2 Lock the lock ring on the sizing die, so each case after is only pushed to a full stroke.
4 knock the reduced 30-06 case out from the top with a punch.
5 re size the primer flash hole
6 anneal and lube the resized 30-06 cases.
7 swap the sizing die for 35 Remington.
8 full size the resized 30-06 cases to 35 Remington.
9 ream out the primer pocket.
10 trim it to length
step 11 will be to recut the extraction groove I hope to do this on a lathe. I still need to set up my lathe into the basement workshop.
Thanks for drawing my attention to the neck wall thickness, yes it measures .017 or the resized 30-06 case. I will also pay close attention to the neck wall thickness, I've ordered a reamer for this, thanks.
I think I'll just keep looking for brass. I have now over 80 pieces plus 20 loaded rounds and 300 slugs.
.35 Remington body size is .4574
.308 is .4709
.300 Savage is .471 (bummer.)
So squeezing down .4709 to .4574....
TONS of work to do this!! Even the primer pocket has to be swedged a bit as it is compressed..
Seems to work with any .30-03 descendant (.30-06, .308, etc).
From another thread...
I found an old 30-06 sizing die that was surplus, so I cut the top off just inside of the shoulder. I use this first step with half a die to size, 308 or 30-06, closer to the 35 Rem. The process is as follows
1 anneal the 30-06 brass.
1.2 cut the 30-06 shorter to about 2 inches
2 make sure the case is well lubed!
3 used the press and a bottom punch, push the 30-06 case into the cut full sizing die until it measures the correct head diameter for 35 rem.
3.2 Lock the lock ring on the sizing die, so each case after is only pushed to a full stroke.
4 knock the reduced 30-06 case out from the top with a punch.
5 re size the primer flash hole
6 anneal and lube the resized 30-06 cases.
7 swap the sizing die for 35 Remington.
8 full size the resized 30-06 cases to 35 Remington.
9 ream out the primer pocket.
10 trim it to length
step 11 will be to recut the extraction groove I hope to do this on a lathe. I still need to set up my lathe into the basement workshop.
Thanks for drawing my attention to the neck wall thickness, yes it measures .017 or the resized 30-06 case. I will also pay close attention to the neck wall thickness, I've ordered a reamer for this, thanks.
I think I'll just keep looking for brass. I have now over 80 pieces plus 20 loaded rounds and 300 slugs.