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[Harvey_NW]

Are you sure you're using an actual FL resize die, and not a body die?

Generally standard dies will set way more neck tension than less.

 

[rayporter]

david tubb is a hi power shooter. i doubt he ever shot a benchrest match. for sure i have never seen his name on a competitor list.

i second the redding die mentioned above. i would probably pull them and size them with out ever dumping the powder out. i would use a bushing a size smaller and reseat the bullets.

if you used a lee with an expander that pulled back out through the neck, could the expander be too large? could it be ground down some.

more questions come up.


if you have a fl die

one way this can happen is if you have bushing dies and have too large of a bushing
or the necks were turned thin -if not they are the thinnest factory necks around
or if the expander is too large. can you mike it?

 

[DANNY-L]

Remove the decapping pin when ya resize again and leave the primers in place. Ya won't be out nothing but time.

 

[robtattoo]

Rather than pull them all, go buy a Lee factory crimp die. Nip up all your necks & go shoot!

 

[tdhanses]

I actually did a full resize because some of the rounds were getting tight to chamber. I am wondering what I did wrong with the full length die that my bullets were loose. Never had that issue when I neck resized.

My guess, you didn’t have the die set low enough to fully resize the case and the neck just started to get resized but not fully. I bet if you screw that die in another turn or so you’ll not have this problem.

 

[rclouse79]

Remove the decapping pin when ya resize again and leave the primers in place. Ya won't be out nothing but time.

Wish I had read this before I dumped all the powder out. Oh well.

 

[robtattoo]

Wish I had read this before I dumped all the powder out. Oh well.

Don't feel too bad..... you can't remove the pin in Lee dies. It's built into the sizing mandrel.

 

[weihasan]

take out the decapping pin for the FL sizer die. When you set the die make sure to fullly resize the shoulders and necks by lowering the die by a half turn down.