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honing out the neck of a die?
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<blockquote data-quote="CatShooter" data-source="post: 1301112" data-attributes="member: 7"><p>That chart is a "one time thing".... meaning that dies, like chambers" differ because the reamers differ. New reamers cut large, and get sharpened, so as they are used and resharpened, they cut smaller and smaller necks (and bodies).</p><p></p><p>The same test, done with dies bought on a different day, would give different results.</p><p></p><p>Also, note that the measurements will be different on any die, depending in the amount of hardness of the neck brass - aneal the necks, and the measurements chance, cuz the brass is softer.</p><p></p><p>But the pattern is important to note - that necks get over sized and then expanded back to a "usable" size.</p><p></p><p>They WILL split in time, and the more movement they undergo, the sooner they will split, unless they are annealed from time to time.</p><p></p><p>Bushing dies will minimize this pattern and are very kind to neck brass.</p><p></p><p>The BIG problem with FL dies is not neck splits, it is head separations - 95+% of handloaders do not know how to adjust a FL die... you don't just "screw it down to touch the shell holder and then add a 1/2 turn".</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CatShooter, post: 1301112, member: 7"] That chart is a "one time thing".... meaning that dies, like chambers" differ because the reamers differ. New reamers cut large, and get sharpened, so as they are used and resharpened, they cut smaller and smaller necks (and bodies). The same test, done with dies bought on a different day, would give different results. Also, note that the measurements will be different on any die, depending in the amount of hardness of the neck brass - aneal the necks, and the measurements chance, cuz the brass is softer. But the pattern is important to note - that necks get over sized and then expanded back to a "usable" size. They WILL split in time, and the more movement they undergo, the sooner they will split, unless they are annealed from time to time. Bushing dies will minimize this pattern and are very kind to neck brass. The BIG problem with FL dies is not neck splits, it is head separations - 95+% of handloaders do not know how to adjust a FL die... you don't just "screw it down to touch the shell holder and then add a 1/2 turn". [/QUOTE]
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