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Bumping Shoulders Issue
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<blockquote data-quote="John_from_Sudbury" data-source="post: 372769" data-attributes="member: 23648"><p>I'm pretty new too but I did this a few weeks back and my Lee FL sizer seems to work fine so I thought I'd throw in my 2 cents. As others said make REALLY small adjustments as you go. I had the rubber lock ring snugged so you can still turn the die a tiny bit at a time with a bit of resistance. </p><p> </p><p>You said the gauge was giving you readings that seemed to vary unpredictably as you moved the die, can you describe what exactly happens on your gauge if you start with the die backed right out and keep sizing it and moving it down REALLY slowly until it finally touches the shell holder (all the way down)?</p><p> </p><p>Assuming you start with the die backed out far enough, mine always grow longer as the die comes down at first, the reason apparently being because the body on the sides is squeezed and this causes the length to grow a bit. Then when the die is down far enough it will finally start to bump the shoulder back. Maybe that's what you were seeing if you were making large adjustments that took you above and below the zone of shoulder bumping magic (it's not a big zone!!).</p><p> </p><p>Good luck!!!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="John_from_Sudbury, post: 372769, member: 23648"] I'm pretty new too but I did this a few weeks back and my Lee FL sizer seems to work fine so I thought I'd throw in my 2 cents. As others said make REALLY small adjustments as you go. I had the rubber lock ring snugged so you can still turn the die a tiny bit at a time with a bit of resistance. You said the gauge was giving you readings that seemed to vary unpredictably as you moved the die, can you describe what exactly happens on your gauge if you start with the die backed right out and keep sizing it and moving it down REALLY slowly until it finally touches the shell holder (all the way down)? Assuming you start with the die backed out far enough, mine always grow longer as the die comes down at first, the reason apparently being because the body on the sides is squeezed and this causes the length to grow a bit. Then when the die is down far enough it will finally start to bump the shoulder back. Maybe that's what you were seeing if you were making large adjustments that took you above and below the zone of shoulder bumping magic (it's not a big zone!!). Good luck!!! [/QUOTE]
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