Thread: Neck bushing - 6.5x55 Lapua brass

Anyone using a Redding neck bushing FL die with 6.5x55/Lapua brass? What dia bushing are you using?? I don't want to spend $200 on bushings buying everything from .285-.295 just to try find the right one

.291 I think from memory? I'll check when home latter on

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Yeah I thought it'd be about that, cheers, be good if you can check

New rifle Pete?

Originally Posted by nor-west

New rifle Pete?

Not yet... Maybe in 4 months...

Originally Posted by tui_man2

.291 I think from memory? I'll check when home latter on

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There is one in my dies there. I'm pretty sure I ended up with .291 also.

Originally Posted by Tahr-Bound

There is one in my dies there. I'm pretty sure I ended up with .291 also.

Just checked yours since I have them here mate, has a .292 in it.

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Ah yes, .291 would be ideal I think. I had a .294 that was ok for the first two firings then it wasn't enough so I got .292 which was fine in the time I used it.

Yeah sweet I'll grab .290, .291, .292 and one of those will do it probably


TiN the way to go? with carbide expander ball

.294 loaded and I have .292 not .291 in mine also like tahr bound.

I'm running f/l neck buying die with tiN bushing no expander ball in just plain decaying rod

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Cool thanks.

I have .287-.293 The smaller ones come in handy if you need to neck turn.
Most 6.5 necks should be .294-.295 loaded.
I reckon unless your a tight ass, trying to save neck damaged brass, why you would worry about using an expander anyway. Haven't used one for years other than initial brass prep in any cal as it is the first culprit that provides runout problems.
Shouldn't need much in the way of lube other than some graphite powder for neck sizing with standard redding bushings anyway.
I generally don't lube at all for neck sizing and don't have any cases that go over .2 runout. Most are 0-.1



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I'm getting FL dies with neck bushings so will still need to lube the body

I have F/L dies with standard bushings and do not use any lube at all unless I want to bump the shoulder or use the body die after around 5-6 loads.


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Oh cool. I haven't used the FL bushing dies before. Hope to speed up the process with less/no lubing.