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Reloading
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<blockquote data-quote="Lonewolf74" data-source="post: 2135072" data-attributes="member: 96274"><p>I think and tend to agree with L Sherm that people seem to be a little biased towards expander balls. I use Forster dies almost exclusively because they produce the best results out of the dies I've tried and I get very little runout if I use them properly.</p><p></p><p>First I use a universal decaping die and remove the decaping pin from my sizing dies as well as polish the expander. Next I run the die down on a piece of brass then adjust the expander up till it stops in the neck then give it a half turn back down so there's a little breathing room. Third I tighten down the stem nut just finger tight so it can float. Doing this allows the neck to be held straight in the die neck while pulling the expander through. Using these techniques I produce very straight and concentric ammo.</p><p></p><p>The downfall of this method is being unable to control the final "up" sizing of the neck with the expander unless you are able to order different size balls to suit your needs.</p><p></p><p>I'm not implying that using an expander ball is better then a mandrel or vice versa but that if your unable to produce straight and concentric ammo with the expander that there are probably issues elsewhere in your components or methods.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lonewolf74, post: 2135072, member: 96274"] I think and tend to agree with L Sherm that people seem to be a little biased towards expander balls. I use Forster dies almost exclusively because they produce the best results out of the dies I’ve tried and I get very little runout if I use them properly. First I use a universal decaping die and remove the decaping pin from my sizing dies as well as polish the expander. Next I run the die down on a piece of brass then adjust the expander up till it stops in the neck then give it a half turn back down so there’s a little breathing room. Third I tighten down the stem nut just finger tight so it can float. Doing this allows the neck to be held straight in the die neck while pulling the expander through. Using these techniques I produce very straight and concentric ammo. The downfall of this method is being unable to control the final “up” sizing of the neck with the expander unless you are able to order different size balls to suit your needs. I’m not implying that using an expander ball is better then a mandrel or vice versa but that if your unable to produce straight and concentric ammo with the expander that there are probably issues elsewhere in your components or methods. [/QUOTE]
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