nmkid
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For the last 8-9 months I have been using a Redding Type S die for the sizing of my Win'. 25.-06 brass. After initial trial and error I settled on a .282 bushing. Different loads, powder and bullet seating and I was finally rewarded with constant .500 groups and smaller. I was a happy camper! A couple of weeks ago, having nothing to do as I await for plans for my new rifle too be finalized I decided to order 10 Lapua 30.06 cases. On arrival I resized them to .25-06 and turned the necks to .013. Went out and shot them and they shot well. So...This afternoon I decide to reload them again. So, I size them with the Redding die, (.282 bushing) and proceed to prime them. I got some bullets out and powder. Just for the he** of it I pushed a bullet, (fingers) into one of the cases. It moved back and forth with hardly any tension at all! I checked the other 9 cases and they were all the same, no tension. Unfortunately right now I don't have any Win. cases that need sizing, just to get that question out of the way. But, I had previously sized and loaded 100 rounds using the same dies and bushing with Win. cases. Everything went as normal then. So, here I sit dumbfounded and typing. Forgot to mention...I then inserted a .281 bushing in the die and the tension increased ever so slightly. Still no where close to holding the bullet enough.