Pointy Sticks - I use a Redding FL sizing die with expander ball removed and then re-install it and push the case up over the ball. Please explain to me how the mandrel works and how you use it. Thanks,Redding FL Sizing with expander ball removed then run a mandrel for neck tension and pick up there micro seater.
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Pointy Sticks - I use a Redding FL sizing die with expander ball removed and then re-install it and push the case up over the ball. Please explain to me how the mandrel works and how you use it. Thanks,
I too reload 300 WinMag among several other calibers. From reading your replies, I see Redding dies regularly suggested. Can anyone help me decipher any issues with RCBS dies? They seem to work for me across many calibers, but am I missing something here? ThanksI want to start reloading 300 WM for hunting purposes. What dies do you guys recommend for a starter? I have never reloaded belted cartridges. Thanks.
Barry
If the dies are just a straight FL sizing die. There no adjustment in setting the neck for tension. If you are cutting your neck down to make sure you have even thickness on all sides of the neck. There no adjustment. You can use a mandrel to change the I.D. of the neck. At the same time you are reducing the amount of tension, because there less material or thickness in the neck area. Which isn't a bad thing, but you can't change anything with a standard sizing die. So the bushing die allow you to make adjustment on neck tension partly or a mandrel. You can with a bushing die. The bushing generally come in 0.001 increase or decrease in I.D. sizes. So even if you don't cut your necks for thickness, you can adjust the I.D. of the neck with a different bushing. It allows you to increase or decrease, with the bushing. I see that RCBS has come out with a bushing die. They may have been for sometime, and hadn't seen it.I too reload 300 WinMag among several other calibers. From reading your replies, I see Redding dies regularly suggested. Can anyone help me decipher any issues with RCBS dies? They seem to work for me across many calibers, but am I missing something here? Thanks