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Neck sizing with FL dies
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<blockquote data-quote="boomtube" data-source="post: 690213" data-attributes="member: 9215"><p>"I'm sure efforts like yours led to Redding's body dies, which I'm thankful for. "</p><p> </p><p>Meaning nothing to the topic but so far as I know I 'invented' body dies shortly after Lee introduced their collet neck sizer dies and I got my first one in .22-250. Necks were significantly straighter with the collet neck die so I bored the neck out of a spare FL die and used the two to accomplish my "FL" sizing needs; worked too! So I did it with the rest of my 'accuracy' cartridges and wish I'd thought of patienting the things!</p><p> </p><p>Sizers are case hardened and no steel drill will touch them. Cheap carbide 'concrete' drill bits can easily be ground (with a diamond wheel) to whatever diameter is needed and carbide will cut the hard steel like butter. I usually drill the necks around 5-8 thou over normal finished diameter and Lee's collet neck die does the rest; I like using them for SAAMI chambers much better than anyone's 'bushing' dies.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="boomtube, post: 690213, member: 9215"] "I'm sure efforts like yours led to Redding's body dies, which I'm thankful for. " Meaning nothing to the topic but so far as I know I 'invented' body dies shortly after Lee introduced their collet neck sizer dies and I got my first one in .22-250. Necks were significantly straighter with the collet neck die so I bored the neck out of a spare FL die and used the two to accomplish my "FL" sizing needs; worked too! So I did it with the rest of my 'accuracy' cartridges and wish I'd thought of patienting the things! Sizers are case hardened and no steel drill will touch them. Cheap carbide 'concrete' drill bits can easily be ground (with a diamond wheel) to whatever diameter is needed and carbide will cut the hard steel like butter. I usually drill the necks around 5-8 thou over normal finished diameter and Lee's collet neck die does the rest; I like using them for SAAMI chambers much better than anyone's 'bushing' dies. [/QUOTE]
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