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03-09-2010, 07:15 PM
#3
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: PA
Posts: 9,085
yes the neck sizing determines the tension...
the dies wont need adjusted in that department unless you get into technical stuff and buy special bushings to adjust the tension...but for most rigs you'll never notice what you gain from that..a true benchrest rig and you might...
i never actually measured my necks but they are a bit smaller than bullet diameter...when the bullet is seated, it expands the neck enough for the bullet to fit very snug...
the dies wont need adjusted in that department unless you get into technical stuff and buy special bushings to adjust the tension...but for most rigs you'll never notice what you gain from that..a true benchrest rig and you might...
i never actually measured my necks but they are a bit smaller than bullet diameter...when the bullet is seated, it expands the neck enough for the bullet to fit very snug...
03-09-2010, 08:53 PM
#4
Fork Horn
Join Date: Jan 2008
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Posts: 132
If you want to crimp, your bullets have to have a cannelure which is an indentation around the bullet. Any decent reloading manual will tell you exactly how to do this. You said that you reload 38 special, any wadcutter lead bullet will have a cannelure so you probably already know about this. In most bolt action and magazine fed rifles this is not necessary, semi autos or tube fed rifles or hard kicking rifles usualy will require a crimp.
03-11-2010, 06:00 AM
#6
Fork Horn
Join Date: Jan 2007
Posts: 260
Just another thing about crimping you may want to know. Lee sells a factory crimp die. I works by squeezing the case into the side of the bullet. Thus no cannelure is needed for crimping, you can crimp any bullet.
I see this as a tool to easily deal with inconsistent neck tension. The kind you get with lee collet dies. Anyhoo, I have them but haven't used them much.
I see this as a tool to easily deal with inconsistent neck tension. The kind you get with lee collet dies. Anyhoo, I have them but haven't used them much.
