Which bushing die

[Alabama556]

I am going to get a bushing type die to try with my 243 ackley.

I see Redding makes a full length and neck bushing die?

Which is the one to get? I have been using Redding full length dies (regular die without the bushing) to bump the shoulders back a hair.

I am more of a hunter and just love reloading and want to load the best rounds I can. I use lapua brass, anneal, and use Redding competition seating dies if this info helps.

 

[Danattherock]

Redding Type S full length sizing die set with micrometer inline seating die. Great set of dies, recently converted myself.

 

[Alabama556]

Can you buy the bushing kit and just convert a regular FL die to a bushing die?

 

[spife7980]

Can you buy the bushing kit and just convert a regular FL die to a bushing die?

No. Not with out a lathe and entirely too much work.

 

[Alabama556]

No. Not with out a lathe and entirely too much work.

I just realized I am still a dumb ass. The conversion kit Redding sells is not for a bushing die it adds an expanded ball for easier resizing. I just ordered a Redding due so we will see how it does.

 

[Threadcutter308]

No. Not with out a lathe and entirely too much work.

And........most factory dies are hardened/carburized, making them for all intents and purposes, un-machinable.....

Personally, I wouldn't neck size unless I neck turned the brass ahead of time. But, that's just me

 

[spife7980]

And........most factory dies are hardened/carburized, making them for all intents and purposes, un-machinable.....

Personally, I wouldn't neck size unless I neck turned the brass ahead of time. But, that's just me

There is both a type S full length and a type S neck. He listed both but didnt specify but I got the impression that he was going with full length.

I would go full length every time.

 

[Alabama556]

Full length is what I got.

 

[Threadcutter308]

There is both a type S full length and a type S neck. He listed both but didnt specify but I got the impression that he was going with full length.
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I would go full length every time.

Yes, my bias is from the standpoint that I do not shoot factory ammo, at all. All my chambers are minimum/Match. I rarely shoulder bump and even less frequently F/L/R. For all intents and purposes, I neck size only. I prep my brass to stay with a given rifle/chamber (.223, 6x47L and .308W).

I may not be the best opinion to listen to, as there are differences between what I do in reloading, vs what the OP wants/needs to do for reloading for hunting.

 

[Alabama556]

I like to bump my shoulders a hair so I don’t run into feeding/extracting issues in the field. May sound dumb to some folks but I used to neck size only until I had a 270 Winchester case get stuck in a gun after a hunt.

 

[Threadcutter308]

I like to bump my shoulders a hair so I don’t run into feeding/extracting issues in the field. May sound dumb to some folks but I used to neck size only until I had a 270 Winchester case get stuck in a gun after a hunt.

Makes sense to me....

 

[GrendelGuy]

I run a Redding type s full length for my bolt action. One thing I do is size to the chamber by backing out the die until the bolt closes snug/semi-tight. I also don't use the expander and just size it down by .001. The nice thing with only one rifle to caliber is the die can be "custom" sized to the rifle for tightest tolerances you want.