Thread: Brass FL Sizing Trouble

Originally Posted by joelhenton

Hi @R93,

No, I should have mentioned I removed the center stem and the decapping pin. I setup the die with just the bushing placed first into top of the die, then the black threaded nut that screws onto the center stem (to take up the space), followed by the top locking cap screw. Twisted the cap screw down until contact was made with the bushing, then backed off about 1/16 turn so the bushing could align and 'float'.

Regards,
Joel

Sounds like you have it sussed. Case just lengthened thru the process and not a huge issue but does defeat the purpose of a FL resize if your are being picky. Did you get a body die with the set?
What bushings have you got? Try working down to your smallest if you have more. May help a little.
Running a 6.5 my ideal bushing is .293 but I have to run .290 with Lapua and norma brass.
Bushing has nothing to do with sizing the case so you could try winding the die down a fraction of a turn to get your ideal length. Press and shell holder can handle a couple extra thou. But just be careful. Failing that get the die or shell holder ground a bit.

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Originally Posted by R93

Sounds like you have it sussed. Case just lengthened thru the process and not a huge issue but does defeat the purpose of a FL resize if your are being picky. Did you get a body die with the set?
What bushings have you got? Try working down to your smallest if you have more. May help a little.
Running a 6.5 my ideal bushing is .293 but I have to run .290 with Lapua and norma brass.
Bushing has nothing to do with sizing the case so you could try winding the die down a fraction of a turn to get your ideal length. Press and shell holder can handle a couple extra thou. But just be careful. Failing that get the die or shell holder ground a bit.

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@R93 no body die, just picked up the 1 Redding die. Unfortunately I just have a .289 bushing on hand, we got it months ago intending to load his US brass but now he has the Lapua that's the obvious choice. No doubt it will be working the neck more than is desirable, once I've got some loads worked up I'll measure the neck and get the best sized bushing. I suppose I could anneal the brass again and use my 6.5 Sinclair expander mandrel which might give 1 thou neck tension.

Thanks,
Joel

Originally Posted by joelhenton

@R93 no body die, just picked up the 1 Redding die. Unfortunately I just have a .289 bushing on hand, we got it months ago intending to load his US brass but now he has the Lapua that's the obvious choice. No doubt it will be working the neck more than is desirable, once I've got some loads worked up I'll measure the neck and get the best sized bushing. I suppose I could anneal the brass again and use my 6.5 Sinclair expander mandrel which might give 1 thou neck tension.

Thanks,
Joel

Bit of an expence but I would just buy a FL die and maybe a body die. I always necksized and liked a bit of resistance when chambering with a wee shoulder bump. I'm a full convert to FL resizing every load now. Results on paper and over the chrony cant be argued with in my case. Not to mention peace of mind using a blaser primarily. They don't like things out of spec.
I just use the decapping pin with no expander on the FL die for the life of the case.
I then run again thru the bushing die to try and keep a consistent neck tension. Hence needing the .290 bushing. Like Zimmer for case runout I ensure my bushing is set right but personally still do not use the expander.

Body die will give you 1-2 extra loads before having to biff the case if you're tight arse like me

You wanna see the look on some of my hunting clients faces when I pull out my pin pointer to find brass the have ejected in a hurry.
Always in my pack. Its found more spent brass than gold which is unfortunate.

Yes.....I have issues

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