Problems getting case right for easy chambering

[Unclenick]

He said in the OP that he'd added a quarter-turn of the die past the contact point, but you are correct that we don't know the press and didn't have him do the n0-crack-of-light-check.

[tangolima]

Originally Posted by Unclenick

I forgot to mention, if you use the feeler gauge trick, be sure to take the decapping pin out of the sizing die.

Unless the die already bottoms out on the shell holder, I would just thread down the die. The die's thread has pitch of 14 tpi. That's 0.071" per turn. I mark 24 divisions around the lock ring, so each division is 0.003". If I try a bit harder, I should be able to go +/- 0.001" without much difficulty.

I do think using feeler gauge as shim for resizing is bad habit (sounds familiar?). The press can easily generate over 1000 lbf force. The thin brass feeler gauge could become a bit thinner each time it goes under the brass head.

-TL


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