Forster neck turner expander mandrel

[memilanuk]

I'm looking at picking up a Forster outside neck turning tool for a specific project,already have a full neck-turning setup, this is more of an experiment), and the one thing that I *haven't* found yet is any sort of expander mandrel die for it. The K&M setup I have uses an expander mandrel; the Sinclair tool uses an expander mandrel. Am I seeing this correctly? No expander mandrel for the Forster tools? Just size the cases and then run the case up on the pilot?

Thanks,

Monte

 

[Winchester69]

Monte,
Forster makes two neck turning tools. One works with their trimming tool, and uses a long pilot. The other is a hand-held tool that uses a mandrel. Both have the pilot/mandrel 0.0020 to 0.0025 undersize to bullet diameter. If you need a custom size for either tool, they will make you one for a $10 premium. Occasionally, one of our standard pilots might have to be ground to fit your specific circumstances. This can be caused by variation in brass hardness, wall thickness, or by variations in other manufacturers' expander dimensions.

The simple approach might just be to expand the brass on the K&M mandrel if need be.