TheDude wrote:I use the Forster bushing bump neck dies so bump about a thou each time. I anneal every 5th.
Stix wrote:TheDude wrote:I use the Forster bushing bump neck dies so bump about a thou each time. I anneal every 5th.
Maybe a silly question Dude...but what is a "bushing bump neck die"...?
Is it a FL die with neck bushing...?
TheDude wrote:Stix wrote:TheDude wrote:I use the Forster bushing bump neck dies so bump about a thou each time. I anneal every 5th.
Maybe a silly question Dude...but what is a "bushing bump neck die"...?
Is it a FL die with neck bushing...?
It’s a neck die that uses a bushing so you can control how much neck tension but it also pushes the shoulder back. https://youtu.be/sHzysUEJOR0
Gaznazdiak wrote:This subject is something I've been wondering about but being a newbie on the reloading front it was something I couldn't decide if I was just being a pedant or if it was an issue.
I am on the 5th reload of my supply of ADI brass and some of them exhibit quite a bit of resistance to closing the bolt.
I use Lee dies and only resize the necks as that is the only option with the set I have.
My first thought was that the pills weren't seated deep enough, despite using blanks set at supposedly best COAL to set my dies, but deeper seating has no appreciable effect.
What has me cofounded is that some show this and some of the same batch don't.
Another thing I've been wondering about is when should I aneal them?
TheDude wrote:The Forster one definitely bumps the shoulder. It’s onoy doing it 1-2 thou depending on how far you screw the die in. It doesn’t support the body of the case below the shoulder but not seen any bulging.
The Redding bushing dies just do the necks.
Stix wrote:Gaznazdiak wrote:This subject is something I've been wondering about but being a newbie on the reloading front it was something I couldn't decide if I was just being a pedant or if it was an issue.
I am on the 5th reload of my supply of ADI brass and some of them exhibit quite a bit of resistance to closing the bolt.
I use Lee dies and only resize the necks as that is the only option with the set I have.
My first thought was that the pills weren't seated deep enough, despite using blanks set at supposedly best COAL to set my dies, but deeper seating has no appreciable effect.
What has me cofounded is that some show this and some of the same batch don't.
Another thing I've been wondering about is when should I aneal them?
Gaz by the sound of it you need to run that batch of cases through a fl sizer mate...! Bump them puffy shoulders & fat bodies back.
Gaznazdiak wrote:This subject is something I've been wondering about but being a newbie on the reloading front it was something I couldn't decide if I was just being a pedant or if it was an issue.
I am on the 5th reload of my supply of ADI brass and some of them exhibit quite a bit of resistance to closing the bolt.
I use Lee dies and only resize the necks as that is the only option with the set I have.
My first thought was that the pills weren't seated deep enough, despite using blanks set at supposedly best COAL to set my dies, but deeper seating has no appreciable effect.
What has me cofounded is that some show this and some of the same batch don't.
Another thing I've been wondering about is when should I aneal them?
Gwion wrote:Gaznazdiak wrote:This subject is something I've been wondering about but being a newbie on the reloading front it was something I couldn't decide if I was just being a pedant or if it was an issue.
I am on the 5th reload of my supply of ADI brass and some of them exhibit quite a bit of resistance to closing the bolt.
I use Lee dies and only resize the necks as that is the only option with the set I have.
My first thought was that the pills weren't seated deep enough, despite using blanks set at supposedly best COAL to set my dies, but deeper seating has no appreciable effect.
What has me cofounded is that some show this and some of the same batch don't.
Another thing I've been wondering about is when should I aneal them?
Trim them all to length and see if that helps.
Only time my 223rem cases were hard to chamber, it was neck length that was the issue. Only ever neck size. Yet to have to bump the shoulder, although getting close with my OSA brass. Usually start getting split necks before the shoulder needs bumping. Somewhere between 5-7 loadings. An annealer is defo on my wish list... as are bushing bump dies.
My current empty box of brass is still looking good but was ever so firm to chamber on last firing, so I'll put them through the trimmer and chamber a few empties to see if they need a bump before I load them up again.
Gwion wrote:Gaznazdiak wrote:This subject is something I've been wondering about but being a newbie on the reloading front it was something I couldn't decide if I was just being a pedant or if it was an issue.
I am on the 5th reload of my supply of ADI brass and some of them exhibit quite a bit of resistance to closing the bolt.
I use Lee dies and only resize the necks as that is the only option with the set I have.
My first thought was that the pills weren't seated deep enough, despite using blanks set at supposedly best COAL to set my dies, but deeper seating has no appreciable effect.
What has me cofounded is that some show this and some of the same batch don't.
Another thing I've been wondering about is when should I aneal them?
Trim them all to length and see if that helps.
Only time my 223rem cases were hard to chamber, it was neck length that was the issue. Only ever neck size. Yet to have to bump the shoulder, although getting close with my OSA brass. Usually start getting split necks before the shoulder needs bumping. Somewhere between 5-7 loadings. An annealer is defo on my wish list... as are bushing bump dies.
My current empty box of brass is still looking good but was ever so firm to chamber on last firing, so I'll put them through the trimmer and chamber a few empties to see if they need a bump before I load them up again.