If you only have a Redding competition set, then the only die in the set you DON’t have to use to make a functioning round is the body die.do y’all use your bushing neck sizing die after sizing your brass with the body die???
do y’all use your bushing neck sizing die after sizing your brass with the body die???
In my opinion it’s kind of like building a house you start with the foundation (body)If you only have a Redding competition set, then the only die in the set you DON’t have to use to make a functioning round is the body die.
The body die does not size the neck, so if you dont use the neck sizer on a fired case, your bullets will probably just fall straight into the case.
If your question was aimed at finding the correct order in which to use your dies- ie, body first, then neck, or neck/decap first then body, then it seems it is up to you. I cannot find anything from Redding that speaks to it.
I do neck sizing after body (when I use the body die).
My reasoning on this has been as follow- I typically neck size only for about 2 to 3 firings of the brass. When I do need to size the body, I will do the body sizing first before doing anything else to the brass because the sizing of the body can affect the case dimensions. After sizing the body, I will trim the cases and only then will I neck size.
Guess I’m lucky! Been using Redding neck bushings and produce cases having very minimal neck runout. Even if my runout measuring setup is inaccurate, the chamber doesn’t lie and the neck section is only approximately .0035” larger in diameter than a loaded round... never had a problem with chambering
. Likely I’m just not a good enough shooter to observe an issue on a target...
Guess I’m lucky! Been using Redding neck bushings and produce cases having very minimal neck runout. Even if my runout measuring setup is inaccurate, the chamber doesn’t lie and the neck section is only approximately .0035” larger in diameter than a loaded round... never had a problem with chambering
. Likely I’m just not a good enough shooter to observe an issue on a target...