I'm new to reloading 6.5 Grendel but have reloaded both 308 and 223 for a while.
I bought the Forster Bench Rest full length sizer because I wanted a premium die but didn't want to deal with Redding's bushings. I've had great success with Redding but have never used a Forster so I thought I'd give it a try.
I've tried resizing fired brass both Hornaday (from 123 amax) and PPU (from 120 hpbt).
I've tried both Hornady One Shot and RCBS case lube 2 - both of which have given me no problems with 308 and 223.
With every piece of brass I've tried to resize, the neck ends up getting pushed down into the body. The necks on my fired cases measure 0.298 and are pretty consistent. The neck is going into the neck sizer about 1/16" to 1/8" at which point it appears the force of the press pushes the neck down into the body. The diameter of the portion of the neck that gets sized before the case collapses is 0.285" which seems narrow to me.....
I'm kind of at a loss thinking its a defective die? Barrel is an AR Stoner 18" with a Grendel II chamber. When I bought it, it looked exactly like the unavailable Satern Liberty barrel on Saterns website so notwithstanding the long running internet debates on who makes the barrel, I'm pretty sure that's what it is. The fired Hornady brass is around 1.520-1.522 long while the PPU is generally 1.528-1.530. Rifle is accurate, getting damn close to 1" groups at 200 yards with a 10x scope and 4lb trigger off of a FAB Defense T-Pod 2 and a sandbag under the stock.
Any thoughts appreciated!
I bought the Forster Bench Rest full length sizer because I wanted a premium die but didn't want to deal with Redding's bushings. I've had great success with Redding but have never used a Forster so I thought I'd give it a try.
I've tried resizing fired brass both Hornaday (from 123 amax) and PPU (from 120 hpbt).
I've tried both Hornady One Shot and RCBS case lube 2 - both of which have given me no problems with 308 and 223.
With every piece of brass I've tried to resize, the neck ends up getting pushed down into the body. The necks on my fired cases measure 0.298 and are pretty consistent. The neck is going into the neck sizer about 1/16" to 1/8" at which point it appears the force of the press pushes the neck down into the body. The diameter of the portion of the neck that gets sized before the case collapses is 0.285" which seems narrow to me.....
I'm kind of at a loss thinking its a defective die? Barrel is an AR Stoner 18" with a Grendel II chamber. When I bought it, it looked exactly like the unavailable Satern Liberty barrel on Saterns website so notwithstanding the long running internet debates on who makes the barrel, I'm pretty sure that's what it is. The fired Hornady brass is around 1.520-1.522 long while the PPU is generally 1.528-1.530. Rifle is accurate, getting damn close to 1" groups at 200 yards with a 10x scope and 4lb trigger off of a FAB Defense T-Pod 2 and a sandbag under the stock.
Any thoughts appreciated!
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