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The necks will harden with use,there comes a time in the life of case when you either anneal or F/L.
 
Posts: 480 | Location: B.C.,Canada | Registered: 20 January 2002Reply With Quote
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I just used some scotchbrite which is a fancy name for steel wool. It don't take much, you need to measure often. For 5 bucks Lee sells undersize mandrels. You need a press that can exert some heavy pressure too. I toun mine 1/3 of a turn and do them 3 times.
 
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Ditto Val's. I called Lee and they made me up a 0.2615" to replace the 0.2625" mandrell that came with the die. I like it a lot better, and it cost me $9 - $5 for the piece and $4 for shipping.

It wasn't just the fit of the bullet that improved, though that did too, but the feel of the sizing action itself became more positive. I can feel something happening now, and I could not previously.

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