I don't know about you guys, but I always seem to have far more projects, honey-do's, and errands to run than I have time. I sold my 2002 Suburban (2WD) with 232K miles for a newer used 2010 4Runner 4x4 (171K miles) - will be my next camping platform for scouts. Was in great shape, but needed new shocks so I have been putting the .358 project on hold to get the shocks replaced:
At any rate, I wanted to at least do "some" work on this project this weekend, so I converted some 308 LC brass to 358 Win. Although many/most do the re-sizing in one step, I decided to use an 338 expander in an 308 full sizing die (stock .308 expander on the right):
Donor brass:
Lubing pad - qtip is for light inside lubing:
Left is unsized 308 - middle two have been sized 308, but using the 338 expander, right-most three are finished, after being sized with the factory 358 full sizing die:
As expected, the fully sized 358 is a hair shorter than the 308 brass:
Since there is zero feel in the Mega Press, I did everything on my Rock Chucker, so that I can feel the full swing and "cam" at the end of the stroke. (making my own single-stage mechanical/linking press is a pending future project of mine as I don't like the slop in the RCBS):
Going right to left:
I lost only one case:
All done for today. First batch of 50, plus 5 extra ones for dummy rounds/etc. I will probably do at least one more batch of 50 next weekend: