04-18-2021, 04:39 AM
You’ll probably hear the recommendation to purchase some type of bushing die and it might be the smart decision if you have an extra $150.00 laying around. Some more modest recommendations are; remove the decapping rod from the sizing die for the final neck sizing; polish the button on the decapping rod to make it a thousand smaller; and annealing the cases will help with neck tension if the brass is work hardened.
I don’t worry too much about neck tension with gas guns because I am a crimper because I mainly hand load to hunt and practice. The debate still rages wildly “crimp or don’t crimp”, I say it depends. I don’t crimp for my bolt guns but I crimp for tubular magazines, gas guns, pistol magazines and heavy recoiling handguns, not saying it’s the right thing, it’s just the way I roll.
Sorry for being long winded but I will recommend you get a Lee Factory Crimp Die, they are cheap for the service they render. Also do your decapping and full length re-sizing in two separate processes, decapping with a universal decapper and remove the decapping rod from the sizing die when you full length resize (unless your necks are really bent up, then once with and once without the decapping rod). Hope this helps in some way.
I don’t worry too much about neck tension with gas guns because I am a crimper because I mainly hand load to hunt and practice. The debate still rages wildly “crimp or don’t crimp”, I say it depends. I don’t crimp for my bolt guns but I crimp for tubular magazines, gas guns, pistol magazines and heavy recoiling handguns, not saying it’s the right thing, it’s just the way I roll.
Sorry for being long winded but I will recommend you get a Lee Factory Crimp Die, they are cheap for the service they render. Also do your decapping and full length re-sizing in two separate processes, decapping with a universal decapper and remove the decapping rod from the sizing die when you full length resize (unless your necks are really bent up, then once with and once without the decapping rod). Hope this helps in some way.
Trashy