Fiocchi Issues

rhuff · 06-26-2015, 04:06 PM

I just checked the headspace on the Finnish Military 30 Luger ammo that I just purchased. It appears to be on spec @ .661-.662 in. That is encouraging!! Now if it just had Boxer primers, I would be elated at that price point.

sheepherder · 06-26-2015, 05:00 PM

As already noted, the Euro specs are not the same as SAAMI specs...But unfortunately, RCBS, Lee, Pacific, and Clymer all make their products to SAAMI specs...So we're stuck with them...

nukem556 · 06-26-2015, 07:42 PM

Actually, my Lyman dies resize fired brass to .660, so thats ok.

rhuff · 06-27-2015, 02:55 PM

I chucked my RCBS sizing die up in a lathe and did a bit of "tuning" on the base so it would set the shoulder back just a bit more. My reloads now measure 0.670 in. and I am fine with that. My reloads function well in all of my 30 Luger barrels.

P. Octo · 07-11-2015, 12:31 PM

Fired brass from my 06 measured 0.664 at the datum line on the shoulder; unfired brass from Fiocchi, 0.640/650. I set my resizing die to 0.660 and it seems to work. Thanks for the interesting exchange and the diagrams!

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06-26-2015, 04:06 PM	#1
rhuff Patron LugerForum Patron Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Az. Posts: 2,315 Thanks: 2,757 Thanked 999 Times in 734 Posts	I just checked the headspace on the Finnish Military 30 Luger ammo that I just purchased. It appears to be on spec @ .661-.662 in. That is encouraging!! Now if it just had Boxer primers, I would be elated at that price point.

06-26-2015, 07:42 PM	#3
nukem556 User Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Irmo, SC Posts: 625 Thanks: 35 Thanked 168 Times in 107 Posts	Actually, my Lyman dies resize fired brass to .660, so thats ok.

06-27-2015, 02:55 PM	#4
rhuff Patron LugerForum Patron Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Az. Posts: 2,315 Thanks: 2,757 Thanked 999 Times in 734 Posts	I chucked my RCBS sizing die up in a lathe and did a bit of "tuning" on the base so it would set the shoulder back just a bit more. My reloads now measure 0.670 in. and I am fine with that. My reloads function well in all of my 30 Luger barrels.

07-11-2015, 12:31 PM	#5
P. Octo User Join Date: Apr 2015 Location: Cannes, France Posts: 32 Thanks: 20 Thanked 5 Times in 4 Posts	Fired brass from my 06 measured 0.664 at the datum line on the shoulder; unfired brass from Fiocchi, 0.640/650. I set my resizing die to 0.660 and it seems to work. Thanks for the interesting exchange and the diagrams!