Question: Redding Type S Full Length Sizing Die

[SWThomas]

For those of you using this die I have a question. I was sizing some Lapua once fired 30-06 last night and I noticed that the neck is not getting completely sized before the shoulder starts to bump. What I mean is, I can see where the lube ring goes down the neck and it's just shy of the neck/shoulder junction when the die makes contact with the shoulder. I was setting my shoulders back 0.001 because these are for a bolt gun.
I would imagine this is normal since the bushing has a bevel on both sides, but I just wanted to check.

Is this normal with the bushing dies?

 

[nosualc]

Yep. Normal.

-nosualc

 

[skiutah02]

Yes.

 

[Comrade Terry]

I'll make it three. Yes. ;D

 

[timeout]

If it is too far from the shoulder, any good smith with a lathe can alter the die to get a little farther down the neck.

 

[SWThomas]

Cool, thanks fellas! That eases my mind.

 

[artbosco]

Bushing dies when set properly or that contain a designed-in cavity size about 70% of the neck. When the bushing is dropped in and the decapping pin rod adjusted and tightened, a light sounding rattle should be audible from the bushing moving inside. The 30% unsized portion will center the case in the chamber.

 

[SWThomas]

Bushing dies when set properly or that contain a designed-in cavity size about 70% of the neck. When the bushing is dropped in and the decapping pin rod adjusted and tightened, a light sounding rattle should be audible from the bushing moving inside. The 30% unsized portion will center the case in the chamber.

Thanks! That's exactly what I'm experiencing. Sounds like I'm doing it right.

 

[butchlambert]

If it is too far from the shoulder, any good smith with a lathe can alter the die to get a little farther down the neck.

How will he be able to do this? I know when I was making and selling carbide bushings I minimized the radius on the neck of the bushings to get a little more sizing. Gene Bukys suggested this.

 

[SWThomas]

If it is too far from the shoulder, any good smith with a lathe can alter the die to get a little farther down the neck.

How will he be able to do this? I know when I was making and selling carbide bushings I minimized the radius on the neck of the bushings to get a little more sizing. Gene Bukys suggested this.

The only way I could see this being accomplished is to drill the bushing cavity deeper. That way the bushing would be closer to the shoulder portion of the die and thus size the neck a little more.

 

[butchlambert]

You can't make them too much deeper than they come to you. Remember that the inside or bottom part of the die has a tapered shoulder. Mine measures .080 from the shoulder juncture to the bottom of the bushing. The problem with boring the bushing pocket deeper will open up the tapered hole greatly that the bushing sets on.

 

[timeout]

Can't go much deeper, but can go some depending on the die and then remove the same amount from the cap. There is a difference in dies. I have been running into some issues with the last two that I had made. I'm probably going to switch to another source.