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Setting up Hornady Sizing Die
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<blockquote data-quote="boomtube" data-source="post: 738019" data-attributes="member: 9215"><p>"...touches the shell holder then lowering the ram and turning in the sizing die another 1/8 to 1/4 turn."</p><p> </p><p>That method usually allows the user to make ammo that will chamber and go BOOM but such a simplistic rote method of 'adjusting' a sizer is for people who really haven't a clue what they're doing. Every die, shell holder and chamber has a tolerance range so there's no way to predict how to adjust for them even if every press was identically springy ... and they aren't.</p><p> </p><p>Learn how to adjust your bottle neck sizer dies down close to the shell holder and then size a case, chamber it and see if the action will close and lock on it. If not, turn the die down a small amount and repeat until it does. A 'small amount' means just that, maybe 1/16th turn or less. A full turn of a die moves it down almost 72 thou, 1/16th turn moves it about 4 1/2 thou and thats very close to the full min to max range of headspace for most bottle neck cartridges (about 6 thou usually).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="boomtube, post: 738019, member: 9215"] "...touches the shell holder then lowering the ram and turning in the sizing die another 1/8 to 1/4 turn." That method usually allows the user to make ammo that will chamber and go BOOM but such a simplistic rote method of 'adjusting' a sizer is for people who really haven't a clue what they're doing. Every die, shell holder and chamber has a tolerance range so there's no way to predict how to adjust for them even if every press was identically springy ... and they aren't. Learn how to adjust your bottle neck sizer dies down close to the shell holder and then size a case, chamber it and see if the action will close and lock on it. If not, turn the die down a small amount and repeat until it does. A 'small amount' means just that, maybe 1/16th turn or less. A full turn of a die moves it down almost 72 thou, 1/16th turn moves it about 4 1/2 thou and thats very close to the full min to max range of headspace for most bottle neck cartridges (about 6 thou usually). [/QUOTE]
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