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Testing Cases After Resizing?
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<blockquote data-quote="jimbires" data-source="post: 2148535" data-attributes="member: 11011"><p>I like to shoot brass until it gets a little tight to chamber . you'll be able to tell it's obvious . then I set up my full length die to bump my shoulder back about .002" . I have a lot of neck sizing dies that I use until my brass gets tight . you should be able to set up the full length die good enough to size the neck only . make firm contact then raise the die away from the shellholder 1 full turn . this will size most of the neck and not touch the body . a die is threaded 7/8-14 meaning 14 threads per inch . we divide one inch by 14 threads gives us about .071" per one turn of the die . .071" should be plenty of clearance to not touch the body of the case , and size the neck well enough even on short neck cases . I usually take 4 or 5 pieces of brass and shoot them over and over until they get tight , then get to work set up my full length die . after I get the die set up , I'll size all the brass in it fully expanded or not . the smaller brass catches up . the reason for using 4 or 5 pieces of brass is , if I size to much that piece of brass needs fired again before it's useful , so I get a few extra from the start . it also seems like sneaking up on the preferred setting gives a slightly different result than when sizing in one stroke , so a fine tuning on another piece of brass may be needed until perfect .</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jimbires, post: 2148535, member: 11011"] I like to shoot brass until it gets a little tight to chamber . you'll be able to tell it's obvious . then I set up my full length die to bump my shoulder back about .002" . I have a lot of neck sizing dies that I use until my brass gets tight . you should be able to set up the full length die good enough to size the neck only . make firm contact then raise the die away from the shellholder 1 full turn . this will size most of the neck and not touch the body . a die is threaded 7/8-14 meaning 14 threads per inch . we divide one inch by 14 threads gives us about .071" per one turn of the die . .071" should be plenty of clearance to not touch the body of the case , and size the neck well enough even on short neck cases . I usually take 4 or 5 pieces of brass and shoot them over and over until they get tight , then get to work set up my full length die . after I get the die set up , I'll size all the brass in it fully expanded or not . the smaller brass catches up . the reason for using 4 or 5 pieces of brass is , if I size to much that piece of brass needs fired again before it's useful , so I get a few extra from the start . it also seems like sneaking up on the preferred setting gives a slightly different result than when sizing in one stroke , so a fine tuning on another piece of brass may be needed until perfect . [/QUOTE]
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