Loading for 2 6br’s

[Cory porter]

I wanted to see what everyone thought would be the best way to load for two 6br’s.

What I mean by that is I pretty much exclusively load for 6br, I only shoot in varmint for score matches and shoot a hall in the custom class and a savage in the factory class. I travel a lot for work which makes time for loading very minimum so I’m looking into ways to be more efficient when I get to load.

Seating is don’t either in an arbor press or using a Redding micrometer die. Both loads are very similar so adjusting that is not an issue.

Right now I am decapping, neck sizing and using a Redding body die to bump back the shoulders. Obviously the shoulder bump is different on each rifle. So would getting a fl busing die from either Redding, Whidden or sometime similar and just use the micrometer top to fine tune should bump be more logical than having to constantly go back and forth on the should bump die.

Or would be better to continue and just order another body die and have one for each rifle and ever have to touch it again. Using a fl bushing die would also eliminate doing 3 different steps to decap, neck size and should bump.

Other than that everything else is one with hand tools, chamfer, debur, clean primer pockets. What would y’all do or what have you discovered to make your loading better.

 

[JFrank]

Cory
I would have a Harrell's F/L die for each rifle and a Harrell's small portable clamp on press for resizing.
J

 

[KenOath]

Personally I’d use a FL Bushing Die, if the shoulder bump difference between the two is small I’d put a PMA micro adjuster on the Die work out the difference and load each batch separately changing bump with micro adjuster. You’ll only be changing the Die bump once per loading/batch. Harrell’s make excellent well priced dies IMO.

 

[Chuckhunter]

Personally I’d use a FL Bushing Die, if the shoulder bump difference between the two is small I’d put a PMA micro adjuster on the Die work out the difference and load each batch separately changing bump with micro adjuster. You’ll only be changing the Die bump once per loading/batch. Harrell’s make excellent well priced dies IMO.

I believe a Whidden FL Bushing Click die would also work or as SPJ states two Harrel Dies, price would be about the same.

 

[KenOath]

I believe a Whidden FL Bushing Click die would also work or as SPJ states two Harrel Dies, price would be about the same.

Haven’t seen or used the Whidden but yes if it has an adjuster on it you can just record the differencence of bump and switch between both lots of brass...or buy two Harrell’s and your done..

 

[Cory porter]

I believe a Whidden FL Bushing Click die would also work or as SPJ states two Harrel Dies, price would be about the same.

Seems the Whidden would would great. Set it up for one lot of brass and make note of the difference in clicks from the other lot and that should take care of it.

 

[JFrank]

You may get lucky and the same size Harrels will cover both chambers
B-1 or B-2 etc.

 

[Stan Taylor]

You may get lucky and the same size Harrels will cover both chambers
B-1 or B-2 etc.

I use Harrell Br3 it works slick.

 

[Cory porter]

I use Harrell Br3 it works slick.

How does it differ from other dies. Never owned a Harrell’s die

 

[JFrank]

How does it differ from other dies. Never owned a Harrell’s die

You send them 3-3x fired cases and they will match a Die to your cases, then just insert your favorite bushing and away you go.
Mines about .002 under my chamber

 

[mikeeg02]

Your one gun is a savage. Why not loosen the nut and re-headspace it to match the other rifle? That's free.