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<blockquote data-quote="Bart B" data-source="post: 1158187" data-attributes="member: 5302"><p>Some folks using FL dies with traditional stem and expander balls deprime fired cases then clean them before resizing them. They'll back up the decapping stem with the expander to about 1/16" below the shoulder of a case all the way up into the FL die. That keeps the case neck pretty well centered on the expander ball as it's pulled down and out of the die.</p><p></p><p>The straightest necks on bottleneck cases are typically made with gelded FL dies; no balls whatsoever. Their necks' are a couple thousandths smaller than that of a loaded round. This way also has half the work hardening of case necks; they're only sized once - down; not down then back up to a larger diameter.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bart B, post: 1158187, member: 5302"] Some folks using FL dies with traditional stem and expander balls deprime fired cases then clean them before resizing them. They'll back up the decapping stem with the expander to about 1/16" below the shoulder of a case all the way up into the FL die. That keeps the case neck pretty well centered on the expander ball as it's pulled down and out of the die. The straightest necks on bottleneck cases are typically made with gelded FL dies; no balls whatsoever. Their necks' are a couple thousandths smaller than that of a loaded round. This way also has half the work hardening of case necks; they're only sized once - down; not down then back up to a larger diameter. [/QUOTE]
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