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Bushing dies better?
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<blockquote data-quote="SteveBurton" data-source="post: 2262703" data-attributes="member: 59541"><p>I started with standard Hornady dies and then switched to Redding bushing dies. The small problem with bushing dies is if your neck thickness varies, you will get different tension unless you turn the necks. I have just started to add an expanding mandrel to my process. So I get a bushing that is 0.003 smaller than the neck on a loaded round. After sizing with that, I run the mandrel through it to get my neck tension. This also minimizes how much you are working the brass. Seems to be more consistent and I don't have to turn necks. I anneal after every time I shoot my brass.</p><p>You're going to get a dozen different opinions about this topic. I handload for fun so I'm always experimenting to get that 'perfect' process.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SteveBurton, post: 2262703, member: 59541"] I started with standard Hornady dies and then switched to Redding bushing dies. The small problem with bushing dies is if your neck thickness varies, you will get different tension unless you turn the necks. I have just started to add an expanding mandrel to my process. So I get a bushing that is 0.003 smaller than the neck on a loaded round. After sizing with that, I run the mandrel through it to get my neck tension. This also minimizes how much you are working the brass. Seems to be more consistent and I don’t have to turn necks. I anneal after every time I shoot my brass. You’re going to get a dozen different opinions about this topic. I handload for fun so I’m always experimenting to get that ‘perfect’ process. [/QUOTE]
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