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justin1098

Re: Redding or Lee
« Reply #20 on: January 26, 2016, 06:39:10 PM »
Quote from: Rocky on January 26, 2016, 02:57:41 PM
Thanks a lot Justin !  :grrr:

Went to Midway, saw this and now my price more than doubled !  :wacko:

http://www.midwayusa.com/product/200390/redding-competition-seater-die-308-winchester

Well, excuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuse me.
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Rocky

Re: Redding or Lee
« Reply #21 on: January 26, 2016, 08:09:04 PM »
Quote from: justin1098 on January 26, 2016, 06:39:10 PM
Well, excuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuse me.

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Heavies

Re: Redding or Lee
« Reply #22 on: January 26, 2016, 09:33:33 PM »
If you are only going to neck size I'd recommend this.   http://leeprecision.com/reloading-dies/rifle-dies/lee-collet-dies/

Playing with neck tension is overrated IMHO, and if you don't anneal it will vary each time you reload the brass anyway.  Every firing cycle hardens the brass and the neck tension will get looser and looser until the bullet falls into the case or the neck cracks.
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808Hunta

Re: Redding or Lee
« Reply #23 on: January 27, 2016, 01:50:35 AM »
If neck sizing only you will need that FL sizing die as inspector stated or get a body die as Heavies stated because either way you're gonna need to size the case eventually.  Do you understand how and why you're bumping your case shoulder?

I would find someone who has a solid grasp of precision reloading to help you.  This way you will avoid many issues that could arise if you don't fully understand things and they could explain it to you.

Wish you the best in reloading for your new rifle.

Aloha!
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Bushido

Re: Redding or Lee
« Reply #24 on: January 27, 2016, 06:08:29 PM »
Quote from: Heavies on January 25, 2016, 06:17:26 PM
+1 for Inspectors comments.  After about 3 firings the case will be tough to chamber.  You will need to size the body of the case.  For the best consistency I'd size it .002" every firing.  That will give a tight fit to the chamber, yet work the brass very little, and the bolt will close easily. If you don't anneal, the necks will crack before the body of the case fails from working the brass in that area anyway.

Exactly my experience and what I do. Instead of full length resizing once then neck sizing for a few firings, I bump the shoulders back .002" every firing. I've found better consistency doing it like that. I do full length resize if someone gives me their cases.

I use Lee Ultimate Dies. The only die I would consider replacing is the seater die with like a RCBS competition die. The Lees have produced some very consistent ammo all things considering.
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justin1098

Re: Redding or Lee
« Reply #25 on: January 27, 2016, 07:42:04 PM »
I tried neck sizing with my 6mm bench rest rifle. I got maybe 5 firings before having to bump the shoulder. It was harder to close the bolt after each firing and the consistency was thrown off when I bumped the shoulder. I just changed back to full length sizing, bumping the shoulder back .001" only, and got better accuracy.

My point is: Don't assume neck sizing will give you better accuracy. Try full length sizing as well and see what works best for you.
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whynow?

Re: Redding or Lee
« Reply #26 on: January 29, 2016, 09:39:35 PM »
I usually FL size rifle rounds too but in looking to reload 30-30 win.  I'm thinking of ordering the Redding 3 due set that has FL die, seating and neck size die.
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