I'm newish to reloading in a progressive press. I've loaded a little in a single stage, where I just screwed the die down all the way, deprimed, resized, trimmed, primed by hand, etc. I upgraded to a dillon 750xl, and getting into reloading a lot more and have a ton of questions.
I'm primarily loading 223 on this setup, and my sizing die is screwed in all the way to a slight cam-over. I want to trim before I size, that way I can complete all of my actions on the press in one cycle. Clean, trim, lube, then get into the press to deprime, size, prime, powder, and load bullet.
I have been trimming my oversized brass to 1.750, and then when I resize I noticed it can grow .005"-.007". I'm not too worried about the OAL as I'm just shooting in my ARs, but I'm wondering if I need to sand down the bottom of my die so I can ensure I'm actually bumping the shoulder back a couple thousandths. I've got RCBS dies (think the one I've got in my press is the x-sizer).
Am I overthinking this? Or am I missing something? I know it's still within the case oal, but if I'm going through this process, I may as well try and do it to load in the most consistent way possible.
I'm primarily loading 223 on this setup, and my sizing die is screwed in all the way to a slight cam-over. I want to trim before I size, that way I can complete all of my actions on the press in one cycle. Clean, trim, lube, then get into the press to deprime, size, prime, powder, and load bullet.
I have been trimming my oversized brass to 1.750, and then when I resize I noticed it can grow .005"-.007". I'm not too worried about the OAL as I'm just shooting in my ARs, but I'm wondering if I need to sand down the bottom of my die so I can ensure I'm actually bumping the shoulder back a couple thousandths. I've got RCBS dies (think the one I've got in my press is the x-sizer).
Am I overthinking this? Or am I missing something? I know it's still within the case oal, but if I'm going through this process, I may as well try and do it to load in the most consistent way possible.