Does anyone have a recommendation on how to shorten or remove material from the base of a Forster full length resize die? I have used the die on two presses and I need to take about .002-.003" off the die.
Do I send it back to Forster? Or file the bottom of the die or use a belt sander?
Even when I have the die threaded in so that the press cams over very hard, the case chambers, but there is tension on the bolt. Not a whole lot, but I don't want to gall the bolt on the lug abutments.
This is a custom chambered rifle with a minimum spec chamber. The die in question is a Forster Full Length die.
My redding body die will resize the brass enough so that the bolt easily closes.
On another note, do you recommend using the body die and then the neck die or having the Forster die worked on to FL resize without the expander.
Which should result in the least runout? I don't have a way to check the concentricity of the resized brass at this point.
Any suggestions/tips/hints are welcome and appreciated. Kinda ran both questions together here, but they are related issues.
Thanks,
BLK7
Do I send it back to Forster? Or file the bottom of the die or use a belt sander?
Even when I have the die threaded in so that the press cams over very hard, the case chambers, but there is tension on the bolt. Not a whole lot, but I don't want to gall the bolt on the lug abutments.
This is a custom chambered rifle with a minimum spec chamber. The die in question is a Forster Full Length die.
My redding body die will resize the brass enough so that the bolt easily closes.
On another note, do you recommend using the body die and then the neck die or having the Forster die worked on to FL resize without the expander.
Which should result in the least runout? I don't have a way to check the concentricity of the resized brass at this point.
Any suggestions/tips/hints are welcome and appreciated. Kinda ran both questions together here, but they are related issues.
Thanks,
BLK7