OK, this is more cost-effective. So if I run it without the mandrel, it works just like a body die, right? Bumping shoulders and resizing the web, only it does so further down towards the case head? Do I have that right?
Well, I got my first clickers today. OP, did you specifically buy these dies because of this issue? I’m now trying to figure out my best course of action. Don’t want to trash the brass, and I don’t want to bump shoulders down more than necessary. I wish there was a body die that only sized...
Oh yeah, I guess you’re right. I wouldn’t have done that, I don’t think. I must’ve annealed before sizing. That’s what I normally do. Nonetheless, shoulder bump would have been the same.
Loaded up some .300wsm for the range today. Out of curiosity I loaded 10 3x fired and not annealed, and 10 3x fired but annealed. Wanted to see if I saw anything noticeable.
No noticeable difference in groups or ES. But the annealed group jumped 15-25 fps and made very slight ejector...
Mine are all Lamson. No real complaints. I fish the surf a lot and can’t bring myself to go too high end as the sand will kill them all regardless of price.