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<blockquote data-quote="biednick" data-source="post: 2860361" data-attributes="member: 123604"><p>Those measurements are way shorter than they should be if you're measuring to the correct point on the shoulder for a headspace measurement. Your brass should be 1.634 -.007 from the base to the point where the shoulder is .4" in diameter. You're probably measuring with something that sit farther back on the shoulder, which is fine for relative measurements but not comparing to a specification or someone else's measurements. </p><p></p><p>It's pretty easy to check if you're making contact before the top of the stroke. If the handle stops before the end of its travel when there's not a case in the shell holder you're making contact. If it goes all the way down you're not. It's possible that your dies aren't set in a way that's stretching your press. I've seen a lot of cam over presses broken by people following the instructions to the letter, but I may have jumped to an incorrect conclusion about yours.</p><p></p><p>I'm not familiar with the exact design of Redding's shell holders, but they might not change the clearance between the holder and the die. There's a couple dimensions they could be changing to affect sizing.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="biednick, post: 2860361, member: 123604"] Those measurements are way shorter than they should be if you're measuring to the correct point on the shoulder for a headspace measurement. Your brass should be 1.634 -.007 from the base to the point where the shoulder is .4" in diameter. You're probably measuring with something that sit farther back on the shoulder, which is fine for relative measurements but not comparing to a specification or someone else's measurements. It's pretty easy to check if you're making contact before the top of the stroke. If the handle stops before the end of its travel when there's not a case in the shell holder you're making contact. If it goes all the way down you're not. It's possible that your dies aren't set in a way that's stretching your press. I've seen a lot of cam over presses broken by people following the instructions to the letter, but I may have jumped to an incorrect conclusion about yours. I'm not familiar with the exact design of Redding's shell holders, but they might not change the clearance between the holder and the die. There's a couple dimensions they could be changing to affect sizing. [/QUOTE]
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