Weaselthis
Well-Known Member
Jeff:
Now THAT is something I would pay good money for! If you decide you wanna do this, I'm in! I have ZERO skills w/ a lathe. I can barely operate a chain saw! I'll pay ya!
I just bought 150 pcs. of Nosler brass in 300WM. I really like it in my .280AI. But, I am going to buy some cheaper stuff to practice on before I take the plunge w/ this $1.30 each stuff!
Can you tell me what size bushings you now use to get from .308-.284?
Do you use the Titanium ones?
IF the number of bushings/cost is equal or greater than the cost of a custom die, would it not make sense to just get the custom? CAN one get a custom die from Redding?
Thanks! ahh......the anticipation builds!
Now THAT is something I would pay good money for! If you decide you wanna do this, I'm in! I have ZERO skills w/ a lathe. I can barely operate a chain saw! I'll pay ya!
I just bought 150 pcs. of Nosler brass in 300WM. I really like it in my .280AI. But, I am going to buy some cheaper stuff to practice on before I take the plunge w/ this $1.30 each stuff!
Can you tell me what size bushings you now use to get from .308-.284?
Do you use the Titanium ones?
IF the number of bushings/cost is equal or greater than the cost of a custom die, would it not make sense to just get the custom? CAN one get a custom die from Redding?
Thanks! ahh......the anticipation builds!
In my opinion the Redding "S" type competition neck bushing die is the only way to go. Then have a 300 win body die if you need to slightly set the shoulder back a bit. The problem with using the bushing neck die to neck the brass from 300 to 7mm is, the redding bushings have only a very slight taper on the bottom and are designed to accept brass that is only slightly larger. So you need to do it with several bushings and small steps. I have always wanted to take a 7mm bushing to a lathe and cut a larger dia slow taper on one side. I think that would do the trick for first time sizing down. Then flip the bushing over or use a second bushing for the final size after fireforming. I have pretty much completely converted to the Redding comp bushing dies. I like to size my necks and body in seperate steps as the body seldom needs sized. I get concentricity of less that .001" T.I.R. as an average and I like that.
Jeff gun)gun)