Post by picklehead on Aug 21, 2014 21:40:58 GMT -5
I don't own one and never will but my best friend just went home half pissed.I was sizing some brass and he asked,why I was messing with the die? I said to get the cases concentric and he said there was no way I could do that and his dad has a gauge for that.I said,IM NOT YOUR DADDY and could care less about a gauge because this case trimmer tells me all I need to know other than neck thickness.The debate began and I don't give a f what his dad does but he is trying to teach his son correct.
This is what I do and if im wrong,PLEASE light my ass up.
I set the sizing die to barely bump the shoulder off of MY RIFLES CHAMBER .001 and leave the decapping/expander ball loose.When I bring the ram down until I feel the expander ball hit mid ways of the case mouth,I TIGHTEN IT DOWN.I size about 5 cases and put them in the trimmer with the correct pilot.If the pilot goes in the case mouth straight,then im done playing with my die setting for the expander ball.I hardly ever tighten down lock rings on sizing dies and just size a case until the headspace is correct,,then finger tighten the lock ring down to the press when the ram is all the way up with a case in it/set the expander ball.
Works fer me and pretty darn concentric other than knowing neck thickness,that I could care less about in a factory chamber no matter how tight or loose it is.Am I crazy or just stuck in my own world.My stuff sure does shoot good to be stupid.
This is kinda making a rcbs or whatever die like the LEE floating dies but more constant and changed over to Horn lock rings because they are much better than RCBC in my mind and don't move if barley finger tighten down to a clean press bushing.