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<blockquote data-quote="elkaholic" data-source="post: 2853074" data-attributes="member: 13833"><p>After dealing with Whidden, Forster and Hornady the last few years, Ive figured it out. Its not that they don't know, it about keeping things on the fat side to keep from cracking dies. Ive had to fight with them to make my Sherman dies the way I want them. Hornady will at least do that for me now, and occasionally we crack one. There is a very fine line between enough sizing and cracking the die. The reason most shelf dies, like Hornady have clickers after three firings is they look at it as good enough because the brass is toast after three firings anyway. Ive had these discussions with all of them. I reminded them that we aren't dealing with throw away brass at 2.00+ apiece and its after a few firings where the sizing becomes a problem because the case head gets harder and doesn't spring back, so you need a little more sizing than necessary the first 2 or 3 loads, but if its right, you can still size after twenty firings.</p><p>My 30 Sherman Magnum, for example only sizes an extra .0005-.001" and we have no clickers vs the PRC..</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="elkaholic, post: 2853074, member: 13833"] After dealing with Whidden, Forster and Hornady the last few years, Ive figured it out. Its not that they don't know, it about keeping things on the fat side to keep from cracking dies. Ive had to fight with them to make my Sherman dies the way I want them. Hornady will at least do that for me now, and occasionally we crack one. There is a very fine line between enough sizing and cracking the die. The reason most shelf dies, like Hornady have clickers after three firings is they look at it as good enough because the brass is toast after three firings anyway. Ive had these discussions with all of them. I reminded them that we aren't dealing with throw away brass at 2.00+ apiece and its after a few firings where the sizing becomes a problem because the case head gets harder and doesn't spring back, so you need a little more sizing than necessary the first 2 or 3 loads, but if its right, you can still size after twenty firings. My 30 Sherman Magnum, for example only sizes an extra .0005-.001" and we have no clickers vs the PRC.. [/QUOTE]
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