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Neck sizing and case getting harder to pull out?
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<blockquote data-quote="ronedog" data-source="post: 1509944" data-attributes="member: 21087"><p>Thanks for the replies. I did a bit of reading on the Redding Boss press. Sounds like I can get more consistant resizing with this one and I like the idea of those redding shell holders to bump the shoulders, as opposed to screwing down the die. Would I have to also buy new dies, or will my lee dies work just fine in that press? I also use the easy change bushings for the lee press I have...makes switching dies nice...will I be able to use all of those in that redding boss press, or am I gonna need to buy new stuff?</p><p></p><p>On the cases that have headspace a little smaller than the others...I should have clarified my question better...my bad. I plan on shooting those to blow them back out. My question is should I shoot those as "foulers" only, or should I include them in my incremental powder charges as I work up to max load pressures and therefore use the data I get (ie. FPS, max load reached, etc.). I would rather be as consistent as possible, but I don't know if those changes in headspace are really that much of a problem if all I'm doing is trying to determine the max load and what powder charges group better. If the headspace differences will make that much of a difference, I'll just shoot em as foulers, or let my kid shoot them for fun until I can get them bumped back to the same headspace as the others. </p><p></p><p>Had one more thing happen. I bought that hornady comparator and anvil to attach to my cabelas digital caliper. I measured the brass for headspace, then accidentally dropped it on the floor after I did all the measurements. The anvil and the comparator bumped off. I then screwed them both on again. I noticed that when I screwed them on they didn't quite match up flush towards each other when I pushed the caliper closed so I could zero. When I loosened the thumb screw on the comparator I was able to get it squared again to the anvil. however, too much pressure on the thumb screw and it wouldn't square up between the two. I caught this because I measured the headspace on a shell I knew had previously had a reading of 1.741, but now it was off and since the shell had not been changed I figured it was my measuring tool...after inspecting the tool I found the anvil and comparator were not squared to each other, so the shell was a bit skewed when measuring. That got me thinking, if that tool is inconsistant, or gets a thumb screw too tight it will make my measurements off by a few thousands. Is there a better tool I should be using, or do I just need to make sure that anvil and comparator are squared before each shell I measure?</p><p></p><p>thx for the help.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ronedog, post: 1509944, member: 21087"] Thanks for the replies. I did a bit of reading on the Redding Boss press. Sounds like I can get more consistant resizing with this one and I like the idea of those redding shell holders to bump the shoulders, as opposed to screwing down the die. Would I have to also buy new dies, or will my lee dies work just fine in that press? I also use the easy change bushings for the lee press I have...makes switching dies nice...will I be able to use all of those in that redding boss press, or am I gonna need to buy new stuff? On the cases that have headspace a little smaller than the others...I should have clarified my question better...my bad. I plan on shooting those to blow them back out. My question is should I shoot those as "foulers" only, or should I include them in my incremental powder charges as I work up to max load pressures and therefore use the data I get (ie. FPS, max load reached, etc.). I would rather be as consistent as possible, but I don't know if those changes in headspace are really that much of a problem if all I'm doing is trying to determine the max load and what powder charges group better. If the headspace differences will make that much of a difference, I'll just shoot em as foulers, or let my kid shoot them for fun until I can get them bumped back to the same headspace as the others. Had one more thing happen. I bought that hornady comparator and anvil to attach to my cabelas digital caliper. I measured the brass for headspace, then accidentally dropped it on the floor after I did all the measurements. The anvil and the comparator bumped off. I then screwed them both on again. I noticed that when I screwed them on they didn't quite match up flush towards each other when I pushed the caliper closed so I could zero. When I loosened the thumb screw on the comparator I was able to get it squared again to the anvil. however, too much pressure on the thumb screw and it wouldn't square up between the two. I caught this because I measured the headspace on a shell I knew had previously had a reading of 1.741, but now it was off and since the shell had not been changed I figured it was my measuring tool...after inspecting the tool I found the anvil and comparator were not squared to each other, so the shell was a bit skewed when measuring. That got me thinking, if that tool is inconsistant, or gets a thumb screw too tight it will make my measurements off by a few thousands. Is there a better tool I should be using, or do I just need to make sure that anvil and comparator are squared before each shell I measure? thx for the help. [/QUOTE]
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