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Just pulled out some of my loaded Lapua brass like OP says he is using. Loaded OD at the case neck is .3375 - .338. Ben, your neck is not sized. Do like b6graham said. check your die. Is there a bushing in it.

Just measured some of my fired brass. It's all in the .343 and .344 range.

Think we found your problem. My 308 sized has an OD of .333. I know that will fluctuate a little, and I only full length size, not just neck.

Do you have a caliper or micrometer? Measure the outside diameter of the bullets. Make sure they are 308 and not undersized. If they are 308, then look at your size die. Make sure it is what it is supposed to be.

Why are you buying a Dillon machine and then an autodrive for the Mark 7 Apex/EVO machines? I would probably swap that for the 1050/1100 auto drive. The Mark 7 universal is for pistol only, he's chosen a rifle set, so it comes with the FW Arms decapper and hold down. You might do better with...

Too much stuff laying around. Time for some to go. 1. Rifle Basix trigger. L-1. $100 shipped 2. Stock 700 trigger with safety. Don't know what it came out of. $30 shipped. SPF 3. 700 SA firing pin assembly. $60 Shipped. 4. David Tubb 700SA speedlock firing pin. $60 Shipped. Take items 1,3,4...

Thank you. Guess I should have asked sooner. I've searched so many times and never found anything to come up on google that was close.

So, a couple years ago I was at an estate sale. I dropped some coin there and the auctioneer was grouping large lots of items together. One lot had 2 stocks in it as well as 8,000 30 cal 150 grain bullets and a 7mm barrel blank. It was everything that was sitting on top of a safe. I...

Is the powder bouncing out when the plate rotates and stops in the next position? Or is it coming out of the powder funnel on the upstroke? Watched a friend one time complain about the same thing, Turned out he needed to slow down on the down stroke and give a second to let the powder fall...

Even with a carbide sizer, you still need lube on rifle brass. Friend of mine tried it without and ended up taking the die to Dillon to get the brass removed. I was going to really try once, I had it all set up on my 1050. Decapping die, then trim at station 2 where the swage is, but then I...

https://www.starlinebrass.com/65-grendel It says backorder. But when I have ordered similarly marked items, they have shipped within a week. It's when they say no backorder available and won't let you order it, is when it's completely out of stock.

Negative, they are all steel.

I have a few pieces, I think 4. Picked them up at the range. Send me your address and I'll send them to you.

I looked at Burstfire. He says in his video that if you use the big 20 pound propane bottles, it could rupture the hose. If he is cheaping out on the hose so much that he is worried about it rupturing, then how cheap is he making the machine? Also, looks like Burstfire is having shipping...

Here's the thread, Basically the Annealeaz is inferior and made of crap parts. So he sold his and gave up on the wheels. https://www.snipershide.com/shooting/threads/annealeez-aluminum-wheels.7094289/