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.243 AI and Redding comp. neck sizing dies
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<blockquote data-quote="Jimm" data-source="post: 74113" data-attributes="member: 9"><p>Ian ,</p><p> Newsflash straight from the Redding techline" our ackley dies size somewhat less than regular dies".George at GA Precision says that neck sizing dies normally size to within .040 of the neck. I'm sure that many on this site could have passed this info on but "we of less indentations on the gray matter" have been left to flounder on our own /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif. So , since my measuring method of the unsized portion of the neck is less than stellar I would say that the Redding dies are leaving at least .020 unsized . I consider this a problem in the making and will request a new sleeve from Redding machined to size to within at least .040.Meanwhile,the lee collet dies do a very nice job of sizing the entire neck without disturbing the shoulder ( and quite probably insuring a smaller amount of runout thereby)</p><p> This saga will continue for as many months as I need to compare as honestly as my methods will permit.BTW, I suspect that the nomenclature used by Redding ( .243win imp 40* vs .243 AI) has as much to do with licensing problems as anything else , thus the confusion for folks not fully versed in these things,i.e. myself.</p><p> see ya! Jim</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jimm, post: 74113, member: 9"] Ian , Newsflash straight from the Redding techline" our ackley dies size somewhat less than regular dies".George at GA Precision says that neck sizing dies normally size to within .040 of the neck. I'm sure that many on this site could have passed this info on but "we of less indentations on the gray matter" have been left to flounder on our own [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]. So , since my measuring method of the unsized portion of the neck is less than stellar I would say that the Redding dies are leaving at least .020 unsized . I consider this a problem in the making and will request a new sleeve from Redding machined to size to within at least .040.Meanwhile,the lee collet dies do a very nice job of sizing the entire neck without disturbing the shoulder ( and quite probably insuring a smaller amount of runout thereby) This saga will continue for as many months as I need to compare as honestly as my methods will permit.BTW, I suspect that the nomenclature used by Redding ( .243win imp 40* vs .243 AI) has as much to do with licensing problems as anything else , thus the confusion for folks not fully versed in these things,i.e. myself. see ya! Jim [/QUOTE]
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