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<blockquote data-quote="swampratt" data-source="post: 2814108" data-attributes="member: 15054"><p>The way i found out it was the die.</p><p>The day i was not able to bump the shoulder back it was a bit sunny outside and i was doing it in the sun..</p><p>The next day i checked if it was bumping the shoulder back and it was.. but it(press and die) spent the night inside the house.</p><p></p><p>Thought it was the press.</p><p>I heated my press in the oven and sized a round..It sized just fine ..I could bump the shoulder back.</p><p>Then i let it cool and heated the die in the oven..AAAHHHHAAAAAA! I found the culprit.</p><p></p><p>This may not happen with a factory die though.</p><p>My Lee die used to resize the case body .002" to .004" depending on where you measure it.</p><p>I honed and polished the Full Length Sizer die so that my case is not sized more than .001" anywhere.</p><p></p><p>Funny The die Jeddabug has is also a Lee same one but his only minimally sizes the case when i checked it..and would not bump the shoulder back .008" like mine did in factory condition.</p><p>His barely bumps the shoulder back.. Like he got the cream of the crop.</p><p></p><p>I had another .308 lee die that i honed a tad too far..Trying to make a die that sized my case with NO expander plug.</p><p>Missed it by .002",,May work well for large cast bullets..I do not mind messing one up though.</p><p>Fun stuff</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="swampratt, post: 2814108, member: 15054"] The way i found out it was the die. The day i was not able to bump the shoulder back it was a bit sunny outside and i was doing it in the sun.. The next day i checked if it was bumping the shoulder back and it was.. but it(press and die) spent the night inside the house. Thought it was the press. I heated my press in the oven and sized a round..It sized just fine ..I could bump the shoulder back. Then i let it cool and heated the die in the oven..AAAHHHHAAAAAA! I found the culprit. This may not happen with a factory die though. My Lee die used to resize the case body .002" to .004" depending on where you measure it. I honed and polished the Full Length Sizer die so that my case is not sized more than .001" anywhere. Funny The die Jeddabug has is also a Lee same one but his only minimally sizes the case when i checked it..and would not bump the shoulder back .008" like mine did in factory condition. His barely bumps the shoulder back.. Like he got the cream of the crop. I had another .308 lee die that i honed a tad too far..Trying to make a die that sized my case with NO expander plug. Missed it by .002",,May work well for large cast bullets..I do not mind messing one up though. Fun stuff [/QUOTE]
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