08-01-2018, 10:30 PM
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Given your concern about this on the other thread I used the Hornady gauge to check several hand-loads by ejecting from the chamber without firing. None of the bullets have moved. I have to agree with 52', your situation is not normal and it all boils down to not enough neck tension in an auto loader.
Removing the expander is a poor-mans version of a bushing die. The expander ball expands the inside neck out a little more than what the top part of the die has crushed. I use a Forster without the expander which leave's the neck .0035" less than when loaded with a bullet. That's good enough to keep bullets from moving.
Given your concern about this on the other thread I used the Hornady gauge to check several hand-loads by ejecting from the chamber without firing. None of the bullets have moved. I have to agree with 52', your situation is not normal and it all boils down to not enough neck tension in an auto loader.
Removing the expander is a poor-mans version of a bushing die. The expander ball expands the inside neck out a little more than what the top part of the die has crushed. I use a Forster without the expander which leave's the neck .0035" less than when loaded with a bullet. That's good enough to keep bullets from moving.