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Lead on Redding neck sizer bushings
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<blockquote data-quote="SidecarFlip" data-source="post: 1092692" data-attributes="member: 39764"><p>I get no brass residue on my bushings at all. I used a 60 degree chatterless countersink to make the lead and ran it in about 45 thousands (or until it looked good) or about twice as much lead as the Redding bushings. Using an RCBS Rockchucker, I can 'feel' the difference between my busining and the Redding bushings.</p><p> </p><p>I just parted out 50 blanks from drill rod. They have to be bored to size, cased and honed.</p><p> </p><p>Nice thing about making you own is I can bore and hone them to 5 tenths, whereas the commercial bushings are all in 0.001 increments.</p><p> </p><p>I like the Whidden dies alot. I have 2 sets of custom ground, one in 300 WSM and one in 308 Winchester, not cheap and a bit of wait time but fas as I can see, worth the expense. I sent Whidden fired cases (3) from each rifle. Took almost 2 months to get them. Pretty impressed with that. I also notice that the expander ball in the dies runs concentric with the bore at all times (unlike most factory mass produced dies where you have to play with the adjustments to get concentricity. Plus the bodies are short so bumping a shoulder is no issue, in fact, you have to be real careful setting the dies or your shoulders will go too far back (more than 0.002-3).</p><p> </p><p>Sizing on the dies, I'm consistently getting 0.002 concentricity and seating with an RCBS front load seater die, they stay at 0.002. I'm getting kind of finiky about runout so I run each loaded round through the PT&G comparator and use the alignment screw to run them down to 0.001 or better.</p><p> </p><p>BTW, using Lapua brass in the 308 and Norma in the 300WM. No issues with neck thickness at all. Loading Berger VLD hunting pills with IMR propellant. It's more of building a tight grouping load for both rifles but the dies are apparently up to the task.</p><p> </p><p>I was curious about the redding bushings and if anyone else was experiencing issues. They ain't cheap, but then, nothing is today.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SidecarFlip, post: 1092692, member: 39764"] I get no brass residue on my bushings at all. I used a 60 degree chatterless countersink to make the lead and ran it in about 45 thousands (or until it looked good) or about twice as much lead as the Redding bushings. Using an RCBS Rockchucker, I can 'feel' the difference between my busining and the Redding bushings. I just parted out 50 blanks from drill rod. They have to be bored to size, cased and honed. Nice thing about making you own is I can bore and hone them to 5 tenths, whereas the commercial bushings are all in 0.001 increments. I like the Whidden dies alot. I have 2 sets of custom ground, one in 300 WSM and one in 308 Winchester, not cheap and a bit of wait time but fas as I can see, worth the expense. I sent Whidden fired cases (3) from each rifle. Took almost 2 months to get them. Pretty impressed with that. I also notice that the expander ball in the dies runs concentric with the bore at all times (unlike most factory mass produced dies where you have to play with the adjustments to get concentricity. Plus the bodies are short so bumping a shoulder is no issue, in fact, you have to be real careful setting the dies or your shoulders will go too far back (more than 0.002-3). Sizing on the dies, I'm consistently getting 0.002 concentricity and seating with an RCBS front load seater die, they stay at 0.002. I'm getting kind of finiky about runout so I run each loaded round through the PT&G comparator and use the alignment screw to run them down to 0.001 or better. BTW, using Lapua brass in the 308 and Norma in the 300WM. No issues with neck thickness at all. Loading Berger VLD hunting pills with IMR propellant. It's more of building a tight grouping load for both rifles but the dies are apparently up to the task. I was curious about the redding bushings and if anyone else was experiencing issues. They ain't cheap, but then, nothing is today. [/QUOTE]
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