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Necking down and changing shoulder angle?
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<blockquote data-quote="Steve Shelp" data-source="post: 26721" data-attributes="member: 22"><p>Brent,</p><p> When using the bushings to neck down, you are forced into smaller steps due to the small radius on the bottom of the bushing. I've never measured it to know how big of a step they will take but I'm guessing .015 would about as big as you can get. The Nitrate coated bushings from Redding seem to have an even smaller radius on them as compared to the plain steel bushing from Wilson.</p><p> Normally what I do when necking down a couple of calibers is to go to a local gun show and buy a set of used dies in the intermediate caliber(s). For instance when I neck 300 H&H down to 6.5-300 I use a 7mm Rem Mag sizing die first then run the case into the FL 6.5-300 sizer die.</p><p> But in this situation with you using the 338 Lapua brass, I can't think of any dies with big enough shoulders that this case will fit in for 8mm.</p><p></p><p>I know this doesn't answer all of your questions. I've got a bunch of bushings for 30 caliber and up. I can take one of my retired 338 Yogi cases and try to neck it down and see how it works if your interested. Let me know. </p><p></p><p>Steve</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Steve Shelp, post: 26721, member: 22"] Brent, When using the bushings to neck down, you are forced into smaller steps due to the small radius on the bottom of the bushing. I've never measured it to know how big of a step they will take but I'm guessing .015 would about as big as you can get. The Nitrate coated bushings from Redding seem to have an even smaller radius on them as compared to the plain steel bushing from Wilson. Normally what I do when necking down a couple of calibers is to go to a local gun show and buy a set of used dies in the intermediate caliber(s). For instance when I neck 300 H&H down to 6.5-300 I use a 7mm Rem Mag sizing die first then run the case into the FL 6.5-300 sizer die. But in this situation with you using the 338 Lapua brass, I can't think of any dies with big enough shoulders that this case will fit in for 8mm. I know this doesn't answer all of your questions. I've got a bunch of bushings for 30 caliber and up. I can take one of my retired 338 Yogi cases and try to neck it down and see how it works if your interested. Let me know. Steve [/QUOTE]
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