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Reloading Dies - Which ones?
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<blockquote data-quote="boomtube" data-source="post: 373497" data-attributes="member: 9215"><p>A body die + a neck sizer = an FL die.</p><p> </p><p> "my Lee dies are not sizing my brass correctly which is why I can't bump my shoulder back with the FL sizer."</p><p> </p><p>If you just want to try another die set it really won't much matter, there's no magic in any brand of dies. They are all made to SAMMI tolerances and that's a range, not a specific point. I've measured a lot of dies and find there's as much variation, on average, between dies of the same maker as there is between makers. We may see wording by different die makers that tout their "precision" but you won't see them actually say they have "tighter tolerances" in their dies than others; that would be false!</p><p> </p><p>If you only want to set the shoulders back enough there's a 99% probability you don't have your Lee FL down quite far enough. Do what you usually do but turn the FL down another 1/8th turn first. Bet that fixes things.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="boomtube, post: 373497, member: 9215"] A body die + a neck sizer = an FL die. "my Lee dies are not sizing my brass correctly which is why I can't bump my shoulder back with the FL sizer." If you just want to try another die set it really won't much matter, there's no magic in any brand of dies. They are all made to SAMMI tolerances and that's a range, not a specific point. I've measured a lot of dies and find there's as much variation, on average, between dies of the same maker as there is between makers. We may see wording by different die makers that tout their "precision" but you won't see them actually say they have "tighter tolerances" in their dies than others; that would be false! If you only want to set the shoulders back enough there's a 99% probability you don't have your Lee FL down quite far enough. Do what you usually do but turn the FL down another 1/8th turn first. Bet that fixes things. [/QUOTE]
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