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Recent content by gremlin

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    Neck sizing theory and process

    I had minions, but my pool cleaner ran off with my maid, so now I'm stuck doing everything . . .
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    Neck sizing theory and process

    I'm with you on this. I bought a low-end Lee single stage press and a Sinclair decapping die to remove primers in a seperate process. The process of decapping is a very dirty process and I want to keep that dirt away from my expensive press and dies. I was going to buy a seperate hand...
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    Neck sizing theory and process

    As I stated before, I bought the ball sizer decapping rod for one reason, to size the ID of cases that the neck was slightly out of round, dented or maybe slightly flat on one side. I guess some of you skipped over that part. The heart of my question was, why expand the ID AFTER downsizing...
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    Neck sizing theory and process

    I believe my question stated that I AM trying to understand the mechanics. It seems that what you are saying is that I should be an expert before asking questions. I have reloaded THOUSANDS of pistol rounds. I could have easily purchased a progressive reloader, followed the instructions, and...
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    Neck sizing theory and process

    Rather than reading through countless threads (which I have) to get a specific answer, I was hoping to throw this post out there. If this has been addressed before, please point me to the discussion. I'm trying to get my head around neck sizing. I do understand neck tension and proper use of...