Anyone have experience setting up a Gracey Neck Shaver?

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I have had a Gracey neck shaver for about a decade setup for 308/30-06 just for cleaning up military brass for M-14/M1s. I have never had to do a caliber conversion on it. Just got the parts from Gracey to convert it over to 6.5CM.

The problem is as I screw in the shell holder in to adjust how far down the neck it shaves, it hits part of the cutter and locks up the motor before its screwed in far enough to shave to the bottom of the neck and get to the top of the case shoulder. I have been trying unsuccessfully to call Matchprep today to troubleshoot. I had today set aside to make ammo, so hoping someone here can help.

Have a pile of virgin Lapua brass I am looking to skim cut and even up just taking .001" or less off.......

Also, if I have evened the necks out running them up a 21st Century expander mandrel die to get ready to neck turn, do I need to size them again before loading them up? I made a couple dummy rounds and there is still neck tension but they are definitely a bit more open then the way they came ready to load from Lapua. No setback of the bullet though feeding them from the mag.

 

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Well mystery solved. Gracey called me back. The case holder is sized for Norma brass. I had some virgin Norma and it fit right in as it should. It just wont seat deep enough with the Lapua. It has to be opened up a few thou . They are going to open it up no charge and take a look at a few pieces of Lapua brass I send and likely adjust their case holders accordingly. I could likely FL size and make it fit, but rather do this right as the headspace on the Lapua brass is .0015" under my Tikka chamber which is pretty ideal I would think.

Still wondering if I need to resize before loading after running it up the expander mandrel?