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Bushing Dies How To?
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<blockquote data-quote="Dell" data-source="post: 1705526" data-attributes="member: 80665"><p>Bushing bump dies are the only way to go. Will extend the life of your brass. For bolt guns, bump the shoulders back .002 and use a bushing that resizes the neck about .002 less than one of your favorite loaded rounds ( you can play with this measurement to find the neck tension that works best for your particular chambers and situations) </p><p>For a great instructional video, go to You Tube and search Whidden Gun Works instructional video on resizing. Great and simple instructions on proper adjustment of a bushing bump die. I use Whidden bushing bump dies on all my rifles from my long range hunters to my FTR High Power .308. You know you have a great die when your neck run out after resizing is .001 or less. I use Forester bench rest seating dies for bullet seating. Again, with the Whidden bushing / bump resizing die and the Forster seating die, overall run out has been consistently .001 or less on my loaded rounds. I used to neck size only (Forster bushing neck die) after fire forming the brass. With my rifle chambers I could get 2-3 neck size only firings before I ran into issues with the bolt starting to close harder than I like. I now full length resize everything with the Whidden full length bushing bump die. There has been NO drop off in accuracy going from neck sizing only to the Whidden FL die. I'm a happy camper! Good luck with your future Reloading endeavors!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dell, post: 1705526, member: 80665"] Bushing bump dies are the only way to go. Will extend the life of your brass. For bolt guns, bump the shoulders back .002 and use a bushing that resizes the neck about .002 less than one of your favorite loaded rounds ( you can play with this measurement to find the neck tension that works best for your particular chambers and situations) For a great instructional video, go to You Tube and search Whidden Gun Works instructional video on resizing. Great and simple instructions on proper adjustment of a bushing bump die. I use Whidden bushing bump dies on all my rifles from my long range hunters to my FTR High Power .308. You know you have a great die when your neck run out after resizing is .001 or less. I use Forester bench rest seating dies for bullet seating. Again, with the Whidden bushing / bump resizing die and the Forster seating die, overall run out has been consistently .001 or less on my loaded rounds. I used to neck size only (Forster bushing neck die) after fire forming the brass. With my rifle chambers I could get 2-3 neck size only firings before I ran into issues with the bolt starting to close harder than I like. I now full length resize everything with the Whidden full length bushing bump die. There has been NO drop off in accuracy going from neck sizing only to the Whidden FL die. I’m a happy camper! Good luck with your future Reloading endeavors! [/QUOTE]
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