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Best die for bumping shoulder
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<blockquote data-quote="SidecarFlip" data-source="post: 1447902" data-attributes="member: 39764"><p>Interesting comment concerning expander balls. I never use them. First thing I do is remove them along with the decap pin. Not needed. I use a dedicated decap die (Lyman) always. I have never seen the need to expand a neck. If the brass is correctly annealed, when the round is fired, the neck contacts the walls of the chamber, the bullet exits and the neck contracts but less than it was originally sized to so I see no point in double working the neck every time you load a pill. No point and just workhardens the neck that much faster. Not sure why any dies has an expander ball anyway. Only expansion I do is flaring a case mouth on a straightwall case to accept a bullet.</p><p></p><p>My opinion is there is no best die for bumping shoulders, any die can be modified to perform that operation, either by reducing the die base dimension or using a modified shell holder.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SidecarFlip, post: 1447902, member: 39764"] Interesting comment concerning expander balls. I never use them. First thing I do is remove them along with the decap pin. Not needed. I use a dedicated decap die (Lyman) always. I have never seen the need to expand a neck. If the brass is correctly annealed, when the round is fired, the neck contacts the walls of the chamber, the bullet exits and the neck contracts but less than it was originally sized to so I see no point in double working the neck every time you load a pill. No point and just workhardens the neck that much faster. Not sure why any dies has an expander ball anyway. Only expansion I do is flaring a case mouth on a straightwall case to accept a bullet. My opinion is there is no best die for bumping shoulders, any die can be modified to perform that operation, either by reducing the die base dimension or using a modified shell holder. [/QUOTE]
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