which shell holder for 338 Lapua?

[vmax]

Asking for a friend

Brand new Nosler brass. The Lee 8 lets it pop out when seating the primer. Lee 2nd list 8 and 25
Going to try the RCBS 14, have read it works well with Lapua brass

I guess its trial and error with different brands of brass

 

[TheMailMan]

I guess it would be too hard to check one of the many manufacturers web sites to get an answer?

I'll help ya out. Hopefully you can click on a link.

http://www.rcbs.com/Resources/Guide-to-Reloading/Reference-Tables.aspx

https://www.hornady.com/assets/files/shell-plate-chart.pdf

Not being a smart ass but JFC it's not that hard. If you can't figure it out perhaps you shouldn't be reloading.

 

[Vaquero]

Aw hell

 

[vmax]

The loading manual info for which shell holder is not true depending on the brass manufacturer

You didn't have to be a prick
Or then again I don't know you so maybe you did

 

[Dawico]

I have had no issues with Hornady's #H43 shell holder. They are available at Academy usually. I have two of them and they work well. It holds well enough to use my bullet puller which takes a ton of force.

I am not surprised that your buddy is having issues with the Lee shell holder for .338 Lapua. I bought one of their case trimmer setups and it doesn't hold the cases worth a crap. I have to center the case perfectly for it to hold the case and one hair off and the case pops out. I contacted them about it and they sent me a new one. The new one is only marginally better.

I am at the point of drilling and tapping a Hornady shell holder to use in the Lee trimmer.

I think just get anything but a Lee and your buddy will be fine.

 

[Dawico]

The case trimmer uses a modified Lee #8 shell holder BTW.

 

[vmax]

I have had no issues with Hornady's #H43 shell holder. They are available at Academy usually. I have two of them and they work well. It holds well enough to use my bullet puller which takes a ton of force.

I am not surprised that your buddy is having issues with the Lee shell holder for .338 Lapua. I bought one of their case trimmer setups and it doesn't hold the cases worth a crap. I have to center the case perfectly for it to hold the case and one hair off and the case pops out. I contacted them about it and they sent me a new one. The new one is only marginally better.

I am at the point of drilling and tapping a Hornady shell holder to use in the Lee trimmer.

I think just get anything but a Lee and your buddy will be fine.

thank you for the info.

yeah, I told him that too. He is going to come borrow my RCBS primer and try it out.

The varying rim thickness of different 338 Lapua brass is why so many people have had to try different brands of shell holders.
The sniper forums I was looking at said that a Redding #35 seems to work with different head stamps

I don't load that cartridge, and my friends loads mainly 308, 270 and 243 and this is his first go at 338 Lapua

 

[Dawico]

I have six different headstamps of .338 Lapua brass and they all work well the the Hornady shell holder.

And they all suck in the Lee.

I am guessing they will all work well in the RCBS too.

 

[trigger643]

Lee #25 for the Lee hand primer (which is what I use). I use the Redding #35 in my RCBS press. I have about 100 Lapua and 100 Nosler brass. The case rim on the Lapua is a little thicker than that of the nosler, but I've had no problems reloading either using the above holders.

 

[vmax]

thanks trigger, nice to know you have the Nosler brass.
He picked up a 14 RCBS and is going to try my hand primer out

 

[ROGER4314]

For the .338 Lapua mag, RCBS recommends the 048 shell holder.

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