which Hornady bushing for 6xc to measure shoulder bump

[Michael C]

I have the Hornady bushings for the lock and load tool to set up my full length dies. I want to bump back the shoulders on my 6XC cases and don't know which bushing to use for the measurement. Hornady does not list that cartridge in on the instructions. Can anyone advise? Mike

 

[Terry Altom]

Mike,

Are you referring to the Hornady headspace gauge?

I just looked at the 6XC reamer print on Grizzly.com and it shows .375 for the shoulder datum.

http://cdn0.grizzly.com/specsheets/t10179_as.pdf

 

[jcampbellsmith]

As I'm just taking a relative measurement, I use the std .400 insert. All I look for is the shoulder to move back ~2 thou. I don't need to know the actual length at all.

Regards

JCS

 

[Auto-X Fil]

Either 0.375" or 0.400" will work for a relative bump check. As mentioned, 0.375" will give a correct absolute headspace measurement.

There's a lot of shoulder to grab on a 6XC!

 

[Terry Altom]

I think the most important thing to consider, besides a reasonable bushing, is using the same tool to measure with each time. Doesn't matter so much on exactly what the measurement is more how much it changes.

 

[Michael C]

Ok, thank you for the info guys. I am going to size some cases tonight.

 

[GrocMax]

I bet Tubb has quite a few of his Redding shoulder bushings left over, they are good for that use.