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Reloading
neck size or full length size?????
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<blockquote data-quote="Michael Eichele" data-source="post: 339220" data-attributes="member: 1007"><p>For me it depends on how the chamber was cut. For example, my 338 EDGE is very tight. The cases only expand .002" at the shoulder and .001 at the head. For this I will FL size every time. When FL sizing, I prefer a body die and then a neck/bushing die as I DO NOT like expander balls. With this method, at least with this chamber, I get very long life out of the brass because I am not moving much brass during resizing. Now I used to wear out the cases early in the beggining because I was setting the shoulder back just a tad too far. Now I am down to .0005" and so far so good. When it comes to my 308 chamber, it is just the right demension for neck sizing only. It expands just enough but not too much. After fire forming and refiring, there are not stressed enough to continue to grow. The spring back to shape. I have had 6 firings on the same cases without them chambering tight. On the flip side, I have had chambers a bit more sloppy and the only way to keep the brass from getting tighter with every firing was to FL size them every time. What I had done with those cases was neck turned them and got rid of the expander ball in the FL die. I turned the necks just enough to achieve .002 neck tension without using needing an expander ball. I have found that to be the best way to minimize run out. It just depends on the chamber for me.</p><p></p><p>M</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Michael Eichele, post: 339220, member: 1007"] For me it depends on how the chamber was cut. For example, my 338 EDGE is very tight. The cases only expand .002" at the shoulder and .001 at the head. For this I will FL size every time. When FL sizing, I prefer a body die and then a neck/bushing die as I DO NOT like expander balls. With this method, at least with this chamber, I get very long life out of the brass because I am not moving much brass during resizing. Now I used to wear out the cases early in the beggining because I was setting the shoulder back just a tad too far. Now I am down to .0005" and so far so good. When it comes to my 308 chamber, it is just the right demension for neck sizing only. It expands just enough but not too much. After fire forming and refiring, there are not stressed enough to continue to grow. The spring back to shape. I have had 6 firings on the same cases without them chambering tight. On the flip side, I have had chambers a bit more sloppy and the only way to keep the brass from getting tighter with every firing was to FL size them every time. What I had done with those cases was neck turned them and got rid of the expander ball in the FL die. I turned the necks just enough to achieve .002 neck tension without using needing an expander ball. I have found that to be the best way to minimize run out. It just depends on the chamber for me. M [/QUOTE]
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