Thread: Head Space Struggles with the 6.5x55.

Originally Posted by Micky Duck

projectile falls through the neck.....has that used an expander ball??? if so make it skinnier,too easy by placing in drill and holding fine sandpaper to the expandy ball thing.
sounds like prime candidate for only partial length resize..so size of shell holder becomes irrelevant
but you know what your doing old chap...I have complete faith you will find a simple work around.

Greetings Micky,
The Winchester necks are much thinner so only the Redding die sizes them enough to even touch the expander ball. It is just a matter as selecting the die that is the most appropriate. I tried to neck size my .30-40 Krag brass with a .308 Win neck die but it did not size enough and needed to partial size with the Krag FL size die. It is all good fun finding the solutions. The more you learn about handloading the more complicated it seems to become. Some cartridges are easy but others not so much.
Regards Grandpamac.