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I know there are a lot of hand loaders here that know how to use "short fat" sizers and seaters for loading other calibers. The "short fat" sizers are also very useful for forming other cases.
For instance you can use a 7mm-08 sizer for an intermediate form die to form 6.5X53R Dutch from .303 British brass. If you needed to you could use a 7mm-08 seater to seat 7X57.
Today I found a Redding Type S .308 Win neck bushing die #71155 on sale.
I tried it on a number of cases for fit and it seems to have an unusual range of application.
I used it to neck size a .30-30 case and tried many other cases in it that I do not have bushings for - yet. It appears that with a suitable bushing it will neck size all of the following cases plus probably a few others that I have missed. Lest you think I am yanking your chain I actually tried a 6.5X55 case in it. The die inside diameter is large enough to permit the neck of the 6.5X55 neck to be sized.


.22 Savage High Power
.219 Zipper
.22-250 Rem.
.220 Swift
.243 Win
6mm Rem
.25-35 Win.
.25 Remington
.250 Savage
.25 Super
.257 Roberts
.25-06 Rem.
.260 Remington
6.5 Jap
6.5X52 Carcano
6.5X53R Dutch
6.5X54 MS
6.5X55 Swedish Mauser
6.5-06
.270 Win
7mm Waters
7mm-08 Rem
7X57 Mauser
.280 Remington
7X64
.30-30 Win
.30 Remington
.30-40 Krag
.308 Win Big Grin And its rimmed and rimless clones from Win, Marlin and TC.
.303 British
.303 Savage
7.65X53 Mauser
.32 Win Special
.32-40 Win
8X57 Mauser

The neck is not large enough to work with .358 Win or .35 Rem
Might work with .338 Federal or .338-06. I may try one of each tomorrow.
It also may work with a 7.7 Jap and the .240 Weatherby but I do not have samples of those cases.
The largest Redding bushing listed is .365. This might be large enough for a .338 case neck.
The largest Wilson bushing listed is .343.
It looks like a 6mm PPC or 6mm BR might handle the shorter cases based on the .222 brass.

That is a pretty good list of cases you can neck size for a die body and as many bushings as you can stand to buy. No case lube needed either.
 
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