FL Sizing with 2 steps question

[repiv]

I use a Redding Type S FL resizing die and currently size with 1 step from .344 to .336, yeah too much I know. So I want to start using 2 steps. If you were me would you:

1. Buy a Lee Collet Neck Sizer and size to .340 for $20

Or

2. Just bite it and buy a Redding Type S neck sizing die and bushing for about $75-$80.

Or Something else Im not thinking of?


I do have 2 Rock Chucker Presses so Im not going to just buy another bushing and swap them in and out.

Thanks

 

[ReaperDriver]

Re: FL Sizing with 2 steps question

I just started doing the same thing and I'm using a Redding bushing Neck sizer for the 1st step from .343 to .339. Also decapping in that step. Then I'm FL sizing with a Redding bushing die from .339 down to .336 (Lapua) or .332 (Win) depending on the brass I'm sizing.

I only have a single press, so I run all the brass through the neck sizer, swap to the FL die and then re-run all the brass through that again.

I think you can buy a single Redding neck die from somewhere like Midsouth Shooters for $45. The Comp neck die will be more, but for this purpose, the standard nexk die should be fine.

Redding neck die

 

[Victor N TN]

Re: FL Sizing with 2 steps question

Unless I'm forming new brass from a different caliber, I only use one step. .008" is no big deal. Just remember to lube the cases.

Save your money and your time and buy some more powder and load some more.

 

[MitchAlsup]

Re: FL Sizing with 2 steps question

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: repiv</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I use a Redding Type S FL resizing die and currently size with 1 step from .344 to .336, yeah too much I know. So I want to start using 2 steps. If you were me would you:

1. Buy a Lee Collet Neck Sizer and size to .340 for $20

Or

2. Just bite it and buy a Redding Type S neck sizing die and bushing for about $75-$80.

</div></div>

3. Buy a 0.339 bushing, about $11 in steel and about $20 in TiN

You are only 0.002 bigger (in step size) than the "typical" recommended max. If it shoots OK, just let it go.

 

[Innovative]

Re: FL Sizing with 2 steps question

repiv .....

What caliber are you loading that requires 2 different size neck bushings? I use a Redding S-Type FL die for reloading most of my rifle calibers. I have different neck bushings to resize ANY thickness in .30 cal brass. It makes a huge difference if you don't use the right bushing. These are the bushings I use most often:

<span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="text-decoration: underline">Brass</span>:</span>
Lapua = .335"
Federal = .335"
Winchester = .332"
Remington = .334"

 

[repiv]

Re: FL Sizing with 2 steps question

I shoot .308 but I remember somewhere a post about resizing more than .005 should be done in 2 steps.

Thanks for the post Victor. I have been doing it in 1 step and have had great results. I just bought some new brass and was going to go 2 step with it but maybe I wont worry about it.

I also have different size bushings but .338 is my largest. If I were to do 2 steps via changing the bushing I would use a .340 but I dont want to do that.

So the Lee Collet would be a no go then as a first step?