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FL or bushing die?
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<blockquote data-quote="Mike Matteson" data-source="post: 2423211" data-attributes="member: 101791"><p>If you are going to use bushing dies: I would set up to cut all my neck to a thickness. So matter what case you are using the O.D. will be the same. Necks are not perfectly round to start with. Some case are better than others. So now you are starting to go down the rabbit hole. I just started to use bushing dies. Had some problems in getting the bushing set up to size the full length of the neck. Got that cover now. I stepping down a 280AI case to 6mm or .243. I ended up making 4 steps to achieve the O.D. of the case. I determine that having to step down several times, it wasn't worth it to change out the busing each time. I have 2, 280AI bushing dies and got 2 more coming. I have a turret press, so I can leave the dies in place to do the reduction. I have a tight chamber so all the brass have to be cut or thinned. So I started out with case that the O.D. was about 0.314 or there about. I cut the necks to .013 thickness of .026 for a total of 0.31. I screwed up a couple of case to my this like. It was a pain in the butt to change out the bushing. So I am ending that by getting additional bushing dies. So I would highly recommend cutting your neck to a thickness, and not under .013. The other is be careful if you stepping down the neck to a different caliber. The de-primer rod are sized to that caliber. So be careful on the down sizing of a case. I ran into that problem. Lucky I had a 25-06 bushing die and switch the rod out. Redding put me onto a company that had there rods. (can't order direct) So I order out additional de-capping rods. There more to it also. Cut all your case to length first, that way your thinning the neck setup will stop at the same place. Keep reading there more to it than meet the eye. Got love it too.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mike Matteson, post: 2423211, member: 101791"] If you are going to use bushing dies: I would set up to cut all my neck to a thickness. So matter what case you are using the O.D. will be the same. Necks are not perfectly round to start with. Some case are better than others. So now you are starting to go down the rabbit hole. I just started to use bushing dies. Had some problems in getting the bushing set up to size the full length of the neck. Got that cover now. I stepping down a 280AI case to 6mm or .243. I ended up making 4 steps to achieve the O.D. of the case. I determine that having to step down several times, it wasn't worth it to change out the busing each time. I have 2, 280AI bushing dies and got 2 more coming. I have a turret press, so I can leave the dies in place to do the reduction. I have a tight chamber so all the brass have to be cut or thinned. So I started out with case that the O.D. was about 0.314 or there about. I cut the necks to .013 thickness of .026 for a total of 0.31. I screwed up a couple of case to my this like. It was a pain in the butt to change out the bushing. So I am ending that by getting additional bushing dies. So I would highly recommend cutting your neck to a thickness, and not under .013. The other is be careful if you stepping down the neck to a different caliber. The de-primer rod are sized to that caliber. So be careful on the down sizing of a case. I ran into that problem. Lucky I had a 25-06 bushing die and switch the rod out. Redding put me onto a company that had there rods. (can't order direct) So I order out additional de-capping rods. There more to it also. Cut all your case to length first, that way your thinning the neck setup will stop at the same place. Keep reading there more to it than meet the eye. Got love it too. [/QUOTE]
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