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<blockquote data-quote="4xforfun" data-source="post: 1158057" data-attributes="member: 9172"><p>EXACTLY. Then this piece of brass you just described obviously doesn't have a dent in it or a portion of it would be LESS than .284. The point of using the mandrel is to open up a piece of brass THAT IS DENTED, AND ONLY THE PIECE OF BRASS THAT IS DENTED!! It opens that piece of brass to .284 like the rest of your brass and you don't have to worry about neck tension issues due to dented case mouths. It is ready to be FL/neck sized with the rest of the cases. Other than this purpose, an expander mandrel has no other purpose in the reloading cycle.</p><p></p><p>You are making this WAY more complecated than it is!! lightbulb</p><p></p><p>Simple...get rid of the old fashoned reloading die with the expander ball on the decapping pin and replace it with a bushing die. Now you can control neck tension with the propper bushing. If you have a couple of cases that have dents...and this bothers you, iron out the dents with the tool described above BEFORE sizing.</p><p></p><p>SIMPLE, and pretty much every benchrest shooter that I know uses this method.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="4xforfun, post: 1158057, member: 9172"] EXACTLY. Then this piece of brass you just described obviously doesn't have a dent in it or a portion of it would be LESS than .284. The point of using the mandrel is to open up a piece of brass THAT IS DENTED, AND ONLY THE PIECE OF BRASS THAT IS DENTED!! It opens that piece of brass to .284 like the rest of your brass and you don't have to worry about neck tension issues due to dented case mouths. It is ready to be FL/neck sized with the rest of the cases. Other than this purpose, an expander mandrel has no other purpose in the reloading cycle. You are making this WAY more complecated than it is!! lightbulb Simple...get rid of the old fashoned reloading die with the expander ball on the decapping pin and replace it with a bushing die. Now you can control neck tension with the propper bushing. If you have a couple of cases that have dents...and this bothers you, iron out the dents with the tool described above BEFORE sizing. SIMPLE, and pretty much every benchrest shooter that I know uses this method. [/QUOTE]
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