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What was the issue?

I ordered 9.5X57 from him late last year, received 8X56.

I phoned the gent who owns Reeds, who was genuinely apologetic, immediately offered to and reimbursed me for (more than) the cost of return shipping and promptly shipped the proper replacements (without waiting for arrival of the mis - shipped order).

He was very courteous, sincere, and a 'regular guy'through the entire transaction.

I haven't fired any of the rounds yet, but they measure out correctly and look just fine. The 'shoulders' are in the proper place and are of the proper width - unlike some other reloader's reworked X57, and they have the proper 270 grain RN projectiles. They cycle flawlessly through the Schoenauer magazine.

His '9.5X57' brass arrives to him from Norma straight walled (though headstamped 9.3X57), he then forms the shoulders with dies. Some others use 8X57, simply run through a two die set, leaving shoulders both low and narrow as they aren't touched by the 9.5X57 die. To use 8X57 (for 9.5X57), the brass must be drawn out (expanded) first.

These are some '9.5X57' that were old stock from a now defunct reloader. The 2nd and 4th were formed from .30-'06 and have proper shoulders for the 9.5X57. The 1st and 3rd are formed from 8X57 and do not. The '8X57' rounds went back.:

The far left cartridge of the image below is from Reeds, #2 is one of my old handloads (from unfired .35 Whelen brass), #3 is an original (1926) DWM531, #4 is fired brass from one of my old handloads (from .35 Whelen). When .35 Whelen or .30-'06 brass is used, a two die set pushes the shoulder down for a proper fit.:

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