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Ackley Improved Question
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<blockquote data-quote="Gene Bland" data-source="post: 869002" data-attributes="member: 68905"><p>The Lee die is a little more involved than that. But basically, it allows the center of the neck to locate on a stem the right diameter and then closes a sizing collet on the outside of the neck, forming it around the mandrel. The main thing about the die is that it has to match the length of the cartridge. A die for the .308 will not work for a 30-06. The 06 die would work for the .308, but only by shimming the shellholder to make up the difference in length.</p><p>So, it cannot alter the shoulder or the case body and when it sizes the neck it remains concentric. </p><p>Properly adjusted, it cannot damage anything. It also sizes the neck to just short of the shoulder without the dreaded doe-nut hole. And it will work with turned necks if the neck is turned into the radius at the neck shoulder junction.</p><p>The big plus is not deforming or stretching the cartridge pulling the expander plug up through the sized neck.gun)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Gene Bland, post: 869002, member: 68905"] The Lee die is a little more involved than that. But basically, it allows the center of the neck to locate on a stem the right diameter and then closes a sizing collet on the outside of the neck, forming it around the mandrel. The main thing about the die is that it has to match the length of the cartridge. A die for the .308 will not work for a 30-06. The 06 die would work for the .308, but only by shimming the shellholder to make up the difference in length. So, it cannot alter the shoulder or the case body and when it sizes the neck it remains concentric. Properly adjusted, it cannot damage anything. It also sizes the neck to just short of the shoulder without the dreaded doe-nut hole. And it will work with turned necks if the neck is turned into the radius at the neck shoulder junction. The big plus is not deforming or stretching the cartridge pulling the expander plug up through the sized neck.gun) [/QUOTE]
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