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6.5 SS (Sherman Shortmag) Q@A
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<blockquote data-quote="Luckyshot7" data-source="post: 2369236" data-attributes="member: 120825"><p>Hoping to revive the thread with a question about the 6.5 SS. Relevant to anyone who is chambering it since the release of 6.5SS head stamped brass and the Hornady 6.5 SS bushing dies.</p><p></p><p>Rich,</p><p>I just received the aforementioned brass and dies from your site (THANKS!), so now I am in the position of needing to size-down the 7mm necks. I have never neck turned nor necked-down a caliber before, and I have it from several sources that stepping it down with bushings is ok, yet others say conventional dies only for better concentricity etc. I have pored over as many "necking-down" threads as I could and am still unsure. Lacking a conventional sizing die for a magnum 6.5mm with 40deg shoulders (that I know of) I think stepping down with bushings is my best/only option. I'm doing wildcats on a budget (which is only possible through Rich's efforts) and ordering a custom die for this is probably out of the question.</p><p></p><p>Can I get away with necking this down with bushings-only from the 6.5SS hornady die? Brass's neck OD is 0.312 , ID 0.284. My plan was to order the following bushings: 0.304, 0.296, then finish with a 0.291.</p><p></p><p>Do you require and/or suggest neck turning these? I've read in previous posts that the necks are already properly sized for this brass to allow for the thickness increase during necking-down. Does that check out?</p><p></p><p>Maybe that is not your first choice! I hope to hear your top recommendations as well, but again, I'm in a place where I'm willing to suffer through less-than-perfect brass before spending a few hundred more dollars on neck-turning equipment and/or more custom dies. Thanks</p><p></p><p></p><p>Question is of course open to the floor as well.</p><p></p><p>FWIW my build is going to be a 24" Mullerworks #4 contour on a Bighorn Origin SA; hoping to send 156's at 3000</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Luckyshot7, post: 2369236, member: 120825"] Hoping to revive the thread with a question about the 6.5 SS. Relevant to anyone who is chambering it since the release of 6.5SS head stamped brass and the Hornady 6.5 SS bushing dies. Rich, I just received the aforementioned brass and dies from your site (THANKS!), so now I am in the position of needing to size-down the 7mm necks. I have never neck turned nor necked-down a caliber before, and I have it from several sources that stepping it down with bushings is ok, yet others say conventional dies only for better concentricity etc. I have pored over as many "necking-down" threads as I could and am still unsure. Lacking a conventional sizing die for a magnum 6.5mm with 40deg shoulders (that I know of) I think stepping down with bushings is my best/only option. I'm doing wildcats on a budget (which is only possible through Rich's efforts) and ordering a custom die for this is probably out of the question. Can I get away with necking this down with bushings-only from the 6.5SS hornady die? Brass's neck OD is 0.312 , ID 0.284. My plan was to order the following bushings: 0.304, 0.296, then finish with a 0.291. Do you require and/or suggest neck turning these? I've read in previous posts that the necks are already properly sized for this brass to allow for the thickness increase during necking-down. Does that check out? Maybe that is not your first choice! I hope to hear your top recommendations as well, but again, I'm in a place where I'm willing to suffer through less-than-perfect brass before spending a few hundred more dollars on neck-turning equipment and/or more custom dies. Thanks Question is of course open to the floor as well. FWIW my build is going to be a 24" Mullerworks #4 contour on a Bighorn Origin SA; hoping to send 156's at 3000 [/QUOTE]
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