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    Which neck die?

    The four faint longitudinal lines come from the slits in the sizer collet. The lines have NO effect on the structural intergrity of the necks but they may show you're applying much more lever pressure than is needed. Once the neck interior is in firm contact with the steel center mandrel...
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    Which neck die?

    I bought my first Lee collet neck die shortly after they came out, just to try. I soon "retired" my four conventional neck dies (various brands) and got "POS" Lee's for everything, and have added a few others since. My single ammo concern is how closely bullets cluster, not about how...
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    Are Dealers actually receiving powder?

    Certainly. They'e just hiding it until the demand slacks off and prices fall. ??
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    You'll never believe this.

    "You'll never believe this. " I believe it. In fact my local always has plenty of stuff on the shelves ... immediately after receiving a shipment. ??
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    Throwing out highest & lowest shots when calculating ES?

    Some people do throw out the high and low shots to help things sound better than they are. Ditto some toss shots outside the size groups they wish to see, "on average." Neither practice helps the quality of the reloads but it sure helps in conversations at the range.
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    What beam powder scale do you use?

    "*edit* it's an M" .... which was the forerunner to the 1010; both have the same basic design, no difference in function or performance. Both made by Ohaus. So are many if not all our of various brands and models of beam scales. Well, except the very light and compact Lee scale, which is...
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    What beam powder scale do you use?

    A pan, hanger and charge exerts a pressure on the beam that depends entirely on the combined weighs, not how it looks or feels. There's no way for barometric pressure to effect either a beam or digital scale.
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    so, i ran out of argument (starting near book max)

    You do understand that max pressure isn't over pressure, right? Anyone "thinking" (?) any book charge is safe just because it's in a book hasn't (yet) paid attention to the variations in books.
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    What beam powder scale do you use?

    I have three different beam scales now, including a 1010. I won't say what they are, they're just what I have. But any scale I have, had or have used - which are several - worked as well as the others. IF I had to start over tomorrow I'd probably get a new Redding just because it's heavy and...
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    Reload manual or forums?...............

    "...do you mostly use the forums for information on reloads?" Well first off, forum gurus are ONE source of load data I would NEVER use! Not only is it unsafe, it's not even helpful because there's too much variation between individual firearms for even the safest of loads to expect someone...
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    Redding Competition Seating Die WTF???

    "Anybody else discover that their "adjustments" aren't to spec in their die??? " Not me. Of course I have discovered some consistant variations in my own use of calipers when trying to measure to a thousant of an inch off a curved surface. And I know that variations in press operation can...
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    Custom die questions

    Okay, I know there's a slight difference in neck length (don't know how much). If the bullet's runout is the same I doubt there's a nickle's worth of difference on targets but whatever it takes to float anyone's boat is worth them pursuing.
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    Custom die questions

    Milo (#14), you're right; in a senior moment I cut and pasted the wrong (.270 WSM) cartridge for the topic. What I meant to post was: Wikipedia: "The 7mm WSM is based on the .300 WSM case necked down to handle .284" bullets. Winchester claims a muzzle velocity (MV) of 3,225 ft/s with a 140...
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    Reloading: The Time vs Cost Saving Equation

    Mike there is no such formula. The time to load any quanity of anything varies by the type of equipment you use, how anal you are, how well set up/organized the process you follow is, how slow/fumbly you are and we don't know the answers to any of that. Savings depends on what you're paying...
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    Custom die questions

    I don't understand the "problem": "The 270 Winchester Short Magnum or 270 WSM is a short, unbelted, magnum Cartridge (firearms) created by necking down the .300 Winchester Short Magnum and fitting it with a .277 caliber bullet. The correct name for the cartridge, as listed by the Sporting...
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    .243 Super rockchucker loads??

    "...i have not been able to find a diagram with overall length, but havent given up just yet." Don't worry about it. You have to reload for your rifle, not a diagram. Find the max length for your bullet of choice that reaches the lands and start about 20 thou deeper than that. Or at the...
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    .243 Super rockchucker loads??

    All any manual can be is a guide for you, none are scientically precise. You can use .240 Weatherby loading data, they're effectively the same cartridge. With that huge case your best efficency will be with heavy for caliber bullets like 90 - 100 gr. If you can get sub .750 MOA with an...
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    Inconsistency issues with Redding Competition Seating Die

    "It sounds like a couple of you feel that +/- 0.001 is a normal and acceptable variance when not sorting bullets?" You can inject that much difference by how tighly you grip the press lever and more than that by how inconsistanly you press during seating. No rifle will ever know the...
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    Frustration! Lake city brass

    "Fuzz, Are we talking factory chambers or match chambers. This problem only occurs on my match chambers " Guess it depends on your "match chambers" actual dimensions and the actual dimensions of your FL sizers. If your sizers are larger than your chambers you're likely to have problems with...
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    Frustration! Lake city brass

    Over agonizing the problem. It hardly matters what the cases were fired in, any FL die used correctly will resize it properly. This stuff ain't rocket science, find where your problem is coming from and fix it there. First, resize a case normally and see how it chambers; if the empty goes...
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