Redding Bushing Diameters

[Cool Tool]

George Tanner, very good? Now tell me; how do you measure neck tension, I have tension gages, problem none of my tension gages are calibrated in tensions. For some strange reason my tension gages measure in pounds or thousandths of deflection. I can not measure the effort required to seat a bullet in tensions; no matter what, when I want to know I have to go straight to pounds.

F. Guffey

Well I used to have a arbor press with a dial indicator went back to feel on neck tension with arbor press with Wilson seaters I have had better luck with loads .

 

[dedogs]

then everyone started using tension with no way to measure it

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[6MMsteve]

Butchlambert, I was going to take his advise and not not worry the bushing size and then he went into measuring neck tension. And I ask; "How do you do that?" I am aware of a hydraulic press that measures bullet seating in pounds but in their video there is at least a 20lb spread between the first two bullets seated. I also understand they do not use a conversion from pounds to tensions. All of this leaves me with bullet hold, that is where I started and then everyone started using tension with no way to measure it; except lots of tension and little to no tension.

F. Guffey

Tell us your secrets today FGuffey we know you have them, tell us more

 

[dedogs]

Way TOO MANY TIMES! It's like an old, scratched LP record that just keeps skipping at the same spot and you never get to hear THE END OF THE SONG!! dedogs

 

[Brians356]

Well I used to have a arbor press with a dial indicator went back to feel on neck tension with arbor press with Wilson seaters I have had better luck with loads .

If you want to rely on feel, try using a Wilson inline die by hand (no arbor press) like Virgil King did.
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