Fairly experienced reloader... never necked brass up or down before though.
I need to make 6mm-284 wildcats and am going to do it by necking down 6.5mm-284 Norma brass... seems pretty straightforward based on the reading I've done.
However, I'm a fan of and typically use Redding Type-S Neck sizing dies. All my reloading is for hunting (not bench rest) guns so my typical process is to bump a thou using the Redding body die that doesn't touch the neck and then neck size using the bushing die.
I've read that I shouldn't try to neck down with a bushing but a full length sizing die. I wouldn't otherwise use a full length die... do I need to buy one just to resize the necks or is there some good way to neck down using bushings?
Also, do I need to anneal brand new brass before necking down from 6.5mm to 6mm? I'm assuming I'll probably have to turn them when I'm done.
TIA
I need to make 6mm-284 wildcats and am going to do it by necking down 6.5mm-284 Norma brass... seems pretty straightforward based on the reading I've done.
However, I'm a fan of and typically use Redding Type-S Neck sizing dies. All my reloading is for hunting (not bench rest) guns so my typical process is to bump a thou using the Redding body die that doesn't touch the neck and then neck size using the bushing die.
I've read that I shouldn't try to neck down with a bushing but a full length sizing die. I wouldn't otherwise use a full length die... do I need to buy one just to resize the necks or is there some good way to neck down using bushings?
Also, do I need to anneal brand new brass before necking down from 6.5mm to 6mm? I'm assuming I'll probably have to turn them when I'm done.
TIA
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