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<blockquote data-quote="statjunk" data-source="post: 369097" data-attributes="member: 18873"><p>Kevin, </p><p></p><p>When I asked if the only advantage of bumping the shoulders back over neck sizing was to reduce the likelihood that a round wouldn't chamber, I was only asking for clarification. At lot of this is new to me. I wasn't trying to be short.</p><p></p><p>Bart B,</p><p></p><p>I read your post about three times. Thanks for the detail.</p><p></p><p></p><p>To all that have responded to this post I now see why it's important to bump the shoulders back. I shoot a lot and only neck size and I only on very rare occasion run into a round that is difficult to chamber. Never have run into one that is difficult to extract. But I now understand that I've been playing with fire.</p><p></p><p>So the next step for me at this point is to figure out what I need to do to switch over to bumping as opposed to neck sizing.</p><p></p><p>I reload primarily with Lee Reloading Dies. I buy the deluxe sets. (I know many of you will say they are junk, but with a Ruger MKII in 300WM I can shoot 3/4" groups regularly. I'm shooting sub-moa with a new Winchester M70 in .30-06) </p><p></p><p>Can I use my Lee FL die to bump the shoulder back as MMOSER described in his post?</p><p></p><p>Bart B referenced dies that use bushings instead of a ball to size the neck. I believe he says he cleans the brass then sizes them. Do you have to clean the brass with a bushing type die? I don't own a tumbler so that would be an expensive change over to have to buy a tumbler, media and new set of dies.</p><p></p><p>Can someone explain how a bushing die works? When I hear bushing, I'm thinking they are removeable and so maybe there are many different sizes that one could use. Would that happen to be true? </p><p></p><p>Do you have to lube the cases to use a bushing die? I hate the lube. Especially when you have to lube inside the case necks.</p><p></p><p>I got the RCBS Mic in the mail yesterday. The oal guage, which is the primary reason I bought it, sucks. You can't get the screw tight enough so that when you attempt to extract the tool form the chamber it will come out in one piece.</p><p></p><p>I'm going to see about converting over to bumping instead of neck sizing so I'm going to keep the mic.</p><p></p><p>I'll be creating another post to address a problem that I've been having with my Hornady OAL guage. I do have one of those.</p><p></p><p>Thanks again to all. Really appreciate the long posts.</p><p></p><p>Tom</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="statjunk, post: 369097, member: 18873"] Kevin, When I asked if the only advantage of bumping the shoulders back over neck sizing was to reduce the likelihood that a round wouldn't chamber, I was only asking for clarification. At lot of this is new to me. I wasn't trying to be short. Bart B, I read your post about three times. Thanks for the detail. To all that have responded to this post I now see why it's important to bump the shoulders back. I shoot a lot and only neck size and I only on very rare occasion run into a round that is difficult to chamber. Never have run into one that is difficult to extract. But I now understand that I've been playing with fire. So the next step for me at this point is to figure out what I need to do to switch over to bumping as opposed to neck sizing. I reload primarily with Lee Reloading Dies. I buy the deluxe sets. (I know many of you will say they are junk, but with a Ruger MKII in 300WM I can shoot 3/4" groups regularly. I'm shooting sub-moa with a new Winchester M70 in .30-06) Can I use my Lee FL die to bump the shoulder back as MMOSER described in his post? Bart B referenced dies that use bushings instead of a ball to size the neck. I believe he says he cleans the brass then sizes them. Do you have to clean the brass with a bushing type die? I don't own a tumbler so that would be an expensive change over to have to buy a tumbler, media and new set of dies. Can someone explain how a bushing die works? When I hear bushing, I'm thinking they are removeable and so maybe there are many different sizes that one could use. Would that happen to be true? Do you have to lube the cases to use a bushing die? I hate the lube. Especially when you have to lube inside the case necks. I got the RCBS Mic in the mail yesterday. The oal guage, which is the primary reason I bought it, sucks. You can't get the screw tight enough so that when you attempt to extract the tool form the chamber it will come out in one piece. I'm going to see about converting over to bumping instead of neck sizing so I'm going to keep the mic. I'll be creating another post to address a problem that I've been having with my Hornady OAL guage. I do have one of those. Thanks again to all. Really appreciate the long posts. Tom [/QUOTE]
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