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Tex, as I said in my post, I think it's terrific if folks have it, use it, and they manage to produce rounds that function to their required specs.

Snuffy did a fine job of detailing better what I was trying to say-- post sizing a round is doing a minor or major job of swaging an already seated bullet, and that's where I wonder how good or bad an FCD is at what it attempts to do. Swaging a bullet down can introduce trouble. Accuracy, leading, and wosrt of all-- bullet setback. A good cast lead bullet should get swaged once, when it comes out of the brass and heads in to the rifling and gets shipped out of the barrel.

IMO--If my initial sizing die is giving me a consistent, workable resize, and my cast lead bullets are quality and uniform and consistent, then I don't see where I need to post size a round with the FCD.

I would think the opinion of competition shooters might hold more weight than mine or yours, so I wonder what percentage of those guys use an FCD? And each shooting discipline would be different, I'm sure. IPSC guys need absolute reliability with short-distance and large-space accuracy. Bullseye shooters need 10-x accuracy. I honestly don't know if competition shooters use it or not.

Don't ever forget when reading my take on the FCD of the very important: I don't have one. Maybe I'm missing out. All I wanted to say was that I'm quite happy with the 200gr LSWC that comes out of my man cave, and there is no FCD in process.