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Expander ball fact or fiction
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<blockquote data-quote="Boozer" data-source="post: 1211447" data-attributes="member: 22146"><p>Lots of good stuff happening here. </p><p> </p><p>To clarify, I should note that my rifle has had the action trued, and been rebarreled with a bartlien 5R by a very reputable smith here in KC. Though the chamber is SAAMI, it was done with a reamer at SAAMI minimums, so this isn't your typical sloppy ol factory job. Though I don't want to discourage folks bringing up these points because all the comments are valuable to others who will ready them later. The rifle is serving double duty as a hunting rifle and target rifle. I am planning to shoot my first F-class match at the end of the summer.</p><p> </p><p>All that being said I understand that some of the described procedures won't have any impact on a rifle that is less than top quality.</p><p> </p><p>Help me understand the use of an expander mandrel. You FL resize without an expander ball, and then go back and expand the neck to desired tension with the mandrel as a separate step? If this is right, I don't quite understand why the mandrel is a better route. What advantages do it provide over the expander ball? is it due to the force being applied downward instead of upward?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Boozer, post: 1211447, member: 22146"] Lots of good stuff happening here. To clarify, I should note that my rifle has had the action trued, and been rebarreled with a bartlien 5R by a very reputable smith here in KC. Though the chamber is SAAMI, it was done with a reamer at SAAMI minimums, so this isn't your typical sloppy ol factory job. Though I don't want to discourage folks bringing up these points because all the comments are valuable to others who will ready them later. The rifle is serving double duty as a hunting rifle and target rifle. I am planning to shoot my first F-class match at the end of the summer. All that being said I understand that some of the described procedures won't have any impact on a rifle that is less than top quality. Help me understand the use of an expander mandrel. You FL resize without an expander ball, and then go back and expand the neck to desired tension with the mandrel as a separate step? If this is right, I don't quite understand why the mandrel is a better route. What advantages do it provide over the expander ball? is it due to the force being applied downward instead of upward? [/QUOTE]
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