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Smokey Joe · September 4, 2005, 11:22 AM

DimitriS--You'll want a neck-sizer die also--after the cases are fire-formed in yr bolt-action, you neck-size them, not FL size them, and they fit the chamber of the rifle better that way. Translates into greater accuracy.

I like the Lee Collet neck-sizing dies. Have 'em in several cartridges and they work nicely for me.

Were I you, I'd go with Unclenick's reccommendation on the Redding Comp Seater Die. Keeping the bullet runout as small as possible, again, translates to accuracy. (Runout=deviation from exactly straight in relation to the axis of the cartridge, and eventually, the axis of your bore.)

September 4, 2005, 11:22 AM	#30
Smokey Joe Senior Member Join Date: July 14, 2001 Location: State of Confusion Posts: 2,106	Another die DimitriS--You'll want a neck-sizer die also--after the cases are fire-formed in yr bolt-action, you neck-size them, not FL size them, and they fit the chamber of the rifle better that way. Translates into greater accuracy. I like the Lee Collet neck-sizing dies. Have 'em in several cartridges and they work nicely for me. Were I you, I'd go with Unclenick's reccommendation on the Redding Comp Seater Die. Keeping the bullet runout as small as possible, again, translates to accuracy. (Runout=deviation from exactly straight in relation to the axis of the cartridge, and eventually, the axis of your bore.) __________________ God Bless America --Smokey Joe