260 Remington FL die as a 243 body die

[Redneck09]

Hey I’m completely unable to find a Redding body die in 243 and don’t want to pay outrageous shipping so I was wondering why I couldn’t use a 260 Remington FL die with the expander decamped taken out of it to size the body of 243 cases?

I have tried running a 7mm-08 into the 308 FL die without the recapping pin and expander. I found the sized case neck of a 7mm-08 to fit snuggly into the neck portion of the 308 sizing die with a tiny bit of pressure on the ram. I don’t think it’s changing the neck at all but I also think that the shoulder is fully supported.

I am using rcbs dies right now for all of this but am thinking of switching to a body die/lee collet die setup because I found my brass is growing a lot and I’m starting to look for a little more consistency in my die setup (runout, shoulder bump and neck tension).

Mostly I just hunt and target shoot for fun but I’m going down the rabbit hole of reducing group sizes as much as possible.

I’m new to this forum and not the most experienced reloader. I have red a ton of useful information on this site so I figured this was the place for this type of question. This is my first post.

 

[KMart]

A 243 Win bushing die would work just as well without the bushing. Watch the classifieds here. One may pop up

 

[Fast14riot]

A 243 Win bushing die would work just as well without the bushing. Watch the classifieds here. One may pop up

Thats what I do. Works well.

 

[Redneck09]

A 243 Win bushing die would work just as well without the bushing. Watch the classifieds here. One may pop up

Yea I have read about this on here and it looks like a great option (I will most likely end up doing this) but it is expensive to get one of those bushing dies especially with shipping. They are kind of difficult to find also. I’m in Canada btw.

I just don’t quite understand how the bushing die without the neck bushing installed, would differ from or produce better ammo then what I mentioned in my original post. Other than it would have the correct cartridge name on it. I am likely missing some Knowledge of die construction or the benefits of a bushing die. I just am not sold on the extra cost of it if I’m not going to try a bunch of different bushing sizes and using it to size the neck.

 

[Bill K]

What will the 260 FL die do that your Fl 243 die does not do, with the expander shaft out ? Will it actually size the body die any better ?

 

[Dusty Stevens]

Why not just use a FL 243 die? What are you trying to do here?

 

[Fast14riot]

Why not just use a FL 243 die? What are you trying to do here?

Sounds like he's trying to switch over to FL sizing in two steps using a body die and Lee collet neck die.

 

[Redneck09]

Sounds like he's trying to switch over to FL sizing in two steps using a body die and Lee collet neck die.

Yea you got it. I was thinking the 260 die wouldn’t disturb the neck.

 

[Dusty Stevens]

Sounds like he's trying to switch over to FL sizing in two steps using a body die and Lee collet neck die.

Id much rather use one die and be done with it. Every time you run a case in a die it makes more runout plus it saves time to just do one step

 

[6ShotsOr5?]

I thought maybe he already has the 260 die…