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<blockquote data-quote="QuietTexan" data-source="post: 2442021" data-attributes="member: 116181"><p>The SAC modular die is pretty cool, it's half a body die, and without a bushing instead of bumping the shoulder and not sizing the neck (like a Redding Type S), it would only hit the case sidewalls. The bushing comes in multiple shoulder angles for various cartridges in the family, and shims in 0.001" increments can be used to adjust headspace without moving the lockring.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]340786[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]340789[/ATTACH]</p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://shortactioncustoms.com/product/modular-sizing-die-prc-2/[/URL]</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Alright perfect. You'll love the SAC comparators, they're solid and fit so much better than anything else I've used.</p><p></p><p>Are you looking at the modular sizing die - PRC? </p><p></p><p>Part of the reason I said get a standard, non-bushing FL die is because ultimately you'll need fired brass to correctly determine the bushing/mandrel combination that best for your chamber because the neck clearance spec is part of figuring that out. An FL die is convenient to have because there's no gap at the neck/shoulder and should always be tight enough to fully resize the brass when the need arises.. You can get a Lee, Hornady, or RCBS for about what one SAC bushing costs. I have one of each bushing in the calibers I load, but not everyone want's to buy bushings that ultimately might not be used.</p><p></p><p>Mandrel wise, I think you'd be fine with either .2635, .2630, and/or .2625 to start with. Depending on if/how you're annealing you might need a .2640 at some point. I have larger than caliber mandrels to straighten fired necks that get dinged cycling the action before annealing or sizing, but that's probably not really necessary.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="QuietTexan, post: 2442021, member: 116181"] The SAC modular die is pretty cool, it's half a body die, and without a bushing instead of bumping the shoulder and not sizing the neck (like a Redding Type S), it would only hit the case sidewalls. The bushing comes in multiple shoulder angles for various cartridges in the family, and shims in 0.001" increments can be used to adjust headspace without moving the lockring. [ATTACH type="full" width="630px" alt="1644764583389.png"]340786[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full" width="627px" alt="1644764808244.png"]340789[/ATTACH] [URL unfurl="true"]https://shortactioncustoms.com/product/modular-sizing-die-prc-2/[/URL] Alright perfect. You'll love the SAC comparators, they're solid and fit so much better than anything else I've used. Are you looking at the modular sizing die - PRC? Part of the reason I said get a standard, non-bushing FL die is because ultimately you'll need fired brass to correctly determine the bushing/mandrel combination that best for your chamber because the neck clearance spec is part of figuring that out. An FL die is convenient to have because there's no gap at the neck/shoulder and should always be tight enough to fully resize the brass when the need arises.. You can get a Lee, Hornady, or RCBS for about what one SAC bushing costs. I have one of each bushing in the calibers I load, but not everyone want's to buy bushings that ultimately might not be used. Mandrel wise, I think you'd be fine with either .2635, .2630, and/or .2625 to start with. Depending on if/how you're annealing you might need a .2640 at some point. I have larger than caliber mandrels to straighten fired necks that get dinged cycling the action before annealing or sizing, but that's probably not really necessary. [/QUOTE]
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