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Should I get my die honed out?
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<blockquote data-quote="bigedp51" data-source="post: 1890440" data-attributes="member: 28965"><p>If you do not neck turn you need the expander to push the neck thickness variations to the outside of the case neck.</p><p></p><p>Forster recommends measuring the neck diameter of a loaded round and subtract .004 and have the neck honed to that diameter. And then use their expander or a expander die to bring the neck diameter up to the correct inside diameter. And this is only for one brand of brass, and the neck thickness varies between brands of brass.</p><p></p><p>Bottom line, what brand of brass do you use and how much does the neck thickness vary for that brand. If you neck turn the dies neck could be honed even larger because you do not have neck thickness variations.</p><p></p><p>Example my Forster .223 dies expands my Lake City case necks .0035 but my Winchester cases have thinner necks and are expanded less. Meaning if you want to use a variety of case brands honing the neck might "NOT" be a good idea.</p><p></p><p>And if you do neck turn the necks they will expand more when fired and need to be reduced more in diameter when resized. And in standard SAAMI chambers, the neck will expand a good deal to begin with. And you end up working the neck more and gain nothing. And neck turned brass works best in tight neck chambers with honed dies or bushing dies to work the neck less.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bigedp51, post: 1890440, member: 28965"] If you do not neck turn you need the expander to push the neck thickness variations to the outside of the case neck. Forster recommends measuring the neck diameter of a loaded round and subtract .004 and have the neck honed to that diameter. And then use their expander or a expander die to bring the neck diameter up to the correct inside diameter. And this is only for one brand of brass, and the neck thickness varies between brands of brass. Bottom line, what brand of brass do you use and how much does the neck thickness vary for that brand. If you neck turn the dies neck could be honed even larger because you do not have neck thickness variations. Example my Forster .223 dies expands my Lake City case necks .0035 but my Winchester cases have thinner necks and are expanded less. Meaning if you want to use a variety of case brands honing the neck might "NOT" be a good idea. And if you do neck turn the necks they will expand more when fired and need to be reduced more in diameter when resized. And in standard SAAMI chambers, the neck will expand a good deal to begin with. And you end up working the neck more and gain nothing. And neck turned brass works best in tight neck chambers with honed dies or bushing dies to work the neck less. [/QUOTE]
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