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Redding competition bushing die set
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<blockquote data-quote="boomtube" data-source="post: 291195" data-attributes="member: 9215"><p>"I'm asking this because if the factory neck isn't too badly oversize, the good die set may be beneficial, right???"</p><p> </p><p>Part of what I meant is that you may already have a good die set and no other die will improve on that. No dies are magic, no matter how much we spend on them. If your present dies do a good job that's all you gonna get! But Reddings are pretty and that micrometer head does make small seating changes easier.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>"Polishing the ball would give me a bit more neck tension as well, Right??"</p><p> </p><p>Sorta, in a way. But, is that good? If you reduce the diameter of the expander it will sure make the neck smaller but that ain't really a good thing! Actually, the less we work necks the better chance they have of being straight. Part of that includes how much we have to re-expand it with the base of a bullet when seating. Light seating is good enough but heavy seating pressure is quite likely to distort necks. The factories usually do a good job with expanders, I believe willy-nilly "polishing" them is a greatly over-rated "fix" for anything!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="boomtube, post: 291195, member: 9215"] "I'm asking this because if the factory neck isn't too badly oversize, the good die set may be beneficial, right???" Part of what I meant is that you may already have a good die set and no other die will improve on that. No dies are magic, no matter how much we spend on them. If your present dies do a good job that's all you gonna get! But Reddings are pretty and that micrometer head does make small seating changes easier. "Polishing the ball would give me a bit more neck tension as well, Right??" Sorta, in a way. But, is that good? If you reduce the diameter of the expander it will sure make the neck smaller but that ain't really a good thing! Actually, the less we work necks the better chance they have of being straight. Part of that includes how much we have to re-expand it with the base of a bullet when seating. Light seating is good enough but heavy seating pressure is quite likely to distort necks. The factories usually do a good job with expanders, I believe willy-nilly "polishing" them is a greatly over-rated "fix" for anything! [/QUOTE]
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