527vamint Posted July 9, 2015 Report Share Posted July 9, 2015 I'm am currently awaiting for my variation to come through. The rifle is a Sako 75. Basically I will get quite a few loaded rounds and spare brass coming with the rifle,it's all sako 6mmppc brass. By what I can gather the rounds have been loaded with Lee dies and neck sized,some of the brass is quite badly tarnished and some appears to has rusty patches on from storage. As I understand the brass is quite hard to get hold of,what's the best route to go down to bring it all back to life and have a good starting point. I have a tumbler and Ultrasonic cleaner. Will I be better acquiring a full length sizing die and resize all the brass. Also I don't have that much load data so a bit of info would be great. It's going to be for target fox and hopefully deer few permitting , muntjac cwd and roe,so I would like it deer legal. Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justin credible Posted July 9, 2015 Report Share Posted July 9, 2015 Start from scratch basically, then you know they are all uniform. Clean up the brass. Full length size. Trim to length. Deburr the case mouth inside and out. Turn the necks (if you want to) Resize the necks. Load. Play. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1066 Posted July 10, 2015 Report Share Posted July 10, 2015 Personally I would start from scratch with new brass.You have a potentially very accurate rifle there and new brass is a relatively small investment. I know it's a bit of faffing about with the ppc but you knew that when you bought it. I would prefer to work up new loads in new brass and try and screw the last bit of accuracy out of the rifle and enjoy doing it. New brass with sensible loads and regular annealing will re-cycle many times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andybrock Posted July 10, 2015 Report Share Posted July 10, 2015 I'd start from scratch by ditching the dodgy, brass that coms with the rifle. Buy yourself a new box of Lapua 220 Russian brass, I think it cost about £100 for the last box I bought but they will last you years, neck turn them if it's needed, fire form them and away you go. Mine loves 29.5gn Vit N133 under a 65gn VMax Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueBoy69 Posted July 10, 2015 Report Share Posted July 10, 2015 I've got a RPA in 6 mm PPC USA and a Sako A1 in 22 PPC USA, so welcome to the PPC club.As to the cases. Check to see if they are physically damaged, if they are, as per andybrock, ditch them. Well keep them but don't shoot them. They can always be used for collectors.Both 22 PPC USA and 6 mm PPC USA are still made by Norma and Sako. Norma brass can be acquired from RUAG UK, and Sako brass via a dealer who works with GMK.As andybrock stated, cases can be made from Lapua .220 Russian brass. You'll require decent sizing dies, case lube (Imperial wax) and most likely a neck reaming tool. Info how to make the cases can be found all over the place. The Accurate Shooter 6mm PPC page is a good start. The cases can also be made from 5.45x39, 7.62x39 and 6.5 Grendel. Some more readily available than others. Some are an easy conversion (neck reduction and simple body resizing), others requiring specialised dies. Hope this helps, Neil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1967spud Posted July 10, 2015 Report Share Posted July 10, 2015 give us a shout if you need any help or bits with this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
527vamint Posted July 10, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 10, 2015 Thanks for the advice guys. I'm going to do my best to get the brass I have back to sammi spec and wright a list down of exactly what I need case prep wise,I have no flash hole deburring tool and no case length trimmer ,then do some ordering. 1967 spud I will give you a call when I work out what I need. Cheers Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1967spud Posted July 10, 2015 Report Share Posted July 10, 2015 ill help you do the list if you like Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justin credible Posted July 10, 2015 Report Share Posted July 10, 2015 ill help you do the list if you like Hahaha That list always gets longer, the longer you spend on the phone to good old Spud! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gunner Posted July 11, 2015 Report Share Posted July 11, 2015 Start from scratch basically, then you know they are all uniform. Clean up the brass. Full length size. Trim to length. Deburr the case mouth inside and out. Turn the necks (if you want to) Resize the necks. Load. Play. If you had to use the old brass id do all this plus just before loading , anneal them . But personaly , itd have to be new brass . Probably a bit daunting ! Well worth it tho . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1967spud Posted July 11, 2015 Report Share Posted July 11, 2015 the beauty of new brass is that you are 100% of its history unless of bcourse the old brass is your own Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
527vamint Posted July 11, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 11, 2015 Spud 1967 I rang the home number on your website and left a message, I will ring again during office hours monday. The old brass is now deprimed and has just gone in the tumbler. Rifle is still with the rfd and awaiting the variation so no rush,I have plenty of time to get my stuff together. Thanks again Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1967spud Posted July 11, 2015 Report Share Posted July 11, 2015 give us a bell sunday iof you like ive been to a weeding this eveing otherwise i would have been here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueBoy69 Posted July 30, 2015 Report Share Posted July 30, 2015 527vamint, did you manage to get enough 6 mm PPC USA cases? If not let me know as I odered a few too many from RUAG UK and may have some spare. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
527vamint Posted August 3, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 3, 2015 Blue boy. I will be getting 150 plus sako cases with the rifle when the variation comes through. If i need any more, I will give you a shout. Cheers Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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