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Why not use expander balls?
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<blockquote data-quote="Canadian Bushman" data-source="post: 903087" data-attributes="member: 41122"><p>Rooster,</p><p> Your logic is sound and correct but id like to add a few things. Neck sizing only can make cases hard to chamber but thats dependand a lot on the case dimensions as well as a few things the hand loader does. I personally have some cases ive neck sized six times and still chamber fine. This preserves brass quite a bit. Also saves you some trimming. </p><p></p><p>Neck bushings, ns dies and fl dies will all push deviations in thickness to the inside. Why i like expanding the case from the inside, to push it back out. </p><p></p><p>Neck bushings do work much better with cases that are neck turned, but your other dies will as well. Neck bushings basically allow to tune how much you are working the neck.</p><p></p><p>If you neck turn a case too thin you will have boat loads of problems mainly because the case is expanding and contracting what it already was plus what you took off by neck turning. By only turning off enough to clean up diff in thickness you can minimize this problem. On average i turn off .0005-.003 inch to get my cases to clean up. In turn i work the brass about .005 - .007 less by using a busing die to size it back down after firing. </p><p></p><p>As often as you anneal i doubt you will split necks and you will add some more consistancy to your handloading. I didnt notice much improvement in accuracy but did greatly improve my brass life and reloading consistancy by adding neck turning and neck sizing to my routine. Neck sizing will annoy you and add time to intial brass prep, thankfully you only have to do it once.</p><p></p><p>Just offering my thought hope you find this helpfull. Happy hunting</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Canadian Bushman, post: 903087, member: 41122"] Rooster, Your logic is sound and correct but id like to add a few things. Neck sizing only can make cases hard to chamber but thats dependand a lot on the case dimensions as well as a few things the hand loader does. I personally have some cases ive neck sized six times and still chamber fine. This preserves brass quite a bit. Also saves you some trimming. Neck bushings, ns dies and fl dies will all push deviations in thickness to the inside. Why i like expanding the case from the inside, to push it back out. Neck bushings do work much better with cases that are neck turned, but your other dies will as well. Neck bushings basically allow to tune how much you are working the neck. If you neck turn a case too thin you will have boat loads of problems mainly because the case is expanding and contracting what it already was plus what you took off by neck turning. By only turning off enough to clean up diff in thickness you can minimize this problem. On average i turn off .0005-.003 inch to get my cases to clean up. In turn i work the brass about .005 - .007 less by using a busing die to size it back down after firing. As often as you anneal i doubt you will split necks and you will add some more consistancy to your handloading. I didnt notice much improvement in accuracy but did greatly improve my brass life and reloading consistancy by adding neck turning and neck sizing to my routine. Neck sizing will annoy you and add time to intial brass prep, thankfully you only have to do it once. Just offering my thought hope you find this helpfull. Happy hunting [/QUOTE]
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