Re: Fellow Savage Shooters need feedback
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Pointman10-32</div><div class="ubbcode-body">So I kind of feel like we are beating around the bush here. What is the best way for me to bump these shoulders back after I get my shoulder comparator based upon the fact that these dies wont do it? Get different shell holder or grind the dies or shell holder? </div></div>
I had the same problem, and a member here made the suggestion I'm making to you...in fact, just had it again last week with my new 7-08 barrel.
The manufacturers instructions say to screw in the sizing die until it contacts the shellplate.
It has been my experience that-usually- this is not enough to achieve .002 of shoulder bump.
Get the Hornady headspace gauge (or other similar comparator) and get a comparative measurement from several of your fireformed brass.
Then check what you're getting now when run through the sizing die.
Since it's probably doing nothing to bump the shoulder by the results you say you're getting, screw down the die until it makes contact with the shellplate.
Then lower the shellplate, and screw in the sizing die 1/2 turn FURTHER. This will cause the press to cam over hard, take out all the slack.
I was ready to send my die back to Hornady to grind until I tried this. Now, I get perfect .002 bump.
Next on my list are bushing dies. I believe the best way to re-size is with FL dies with bushings sized specifically for your chamber. Perfect neck tension, mimimal working of the brass.
If you neck-size only, the brass is only gonna keep getting larger and harder to chamber- and you're going to have to FL size eventually, anyway.
