Thread: Full length resizing 7mm Rem Mag problem

Originally Posted by andyanimal31

All this talk about setting up your die to set the shoulder back two thou has been debunked in an interveiw with the vice president of redding explaining why you should be using competition shell holders.
I have had a set for years for doing 308 sized cartridges which is all the common ones including the 30-06 line of cartridges.
I seem to use the 6 thou one the most.
The other thing to be really carefull of is to only use the same brand of shell holder with the dies.
This i found out the hardway by mismatching and rendering a heap of good brass to the bin when I started getting case separations from it been oversized.
I will try to find the link to the pod cast as its bloody interesting.
I even bought another set for my 300 norma mag, not cheap but by far the best option for achieving correct head spaced brass.
Just saying

Sounds a bit spurious. Almost like they're trying to get you to buy their shell holders. Whether you adjust the height of the die or use a different shell holder to adjust the height of the case, surely the end result is that the case gets shoved the same amount into the die, no?

The standard plate height is meant to be 0.125" though sticking with only one shell holder is not a bad idea, since you cannot trust that they'll all be exact.

Originally Posted by Pommy

Sounds a bit spurious. Almost like they're trying to get you to buy their shell holders. Whether you adjust the height of the die or use a different shell holder to adjust the height of the case, surely the end result is that the case gets shoved the same amount into the die, no?

The standard plate height is meant to be 0.125" though sticking with only one shell holder is not a bad idea, since you cannot trust that they'll all be exact.

Greetings Pommy,
Andyanimal31 is right. The Redding Competition shell holder sets are top of the heap for keeping on top of head space issues. I still neck size for a lot of my handloading but my son uses the Redding Competition shell holders and full length resizing for his FTR and FO rifles. This seems to be the current standard. Only the cost has prevented me taking the plunge to date. I would need 4 sets but should start with some for my 6.5x55 rifles.
Regards Grandpamac.

Originally Posted by grandpamac

Greetings Pommy,
Andyanimal31 is right. The Redding Competition shell holder sets are top of the heap for keeping on top of head space issues. I still neck size for a lot of my handloading but my son uses the Redding Competition shell holders and full length resizing for his FTR and FO rifles. This seems to be the current standard. Only the cost has prevented me taking the plunge to date. I would need 4 sets but should start with some for my 6.5x55 rifles.
Regards Grandpamac.

Don't despair as the 6.5 fit in the same as the 308 #1 shell holder.
Thats what I bought mine for and does my 308 22-250 260 30-06 as well.
Money well spent!

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Originally Posted by andyanimal31

Don't despair as the 6.5 fit in the same as the 308 #1 shell holder.
Thats what I bought mine for and does my 308 22-250 260 30-06 as well.
Money well spent!

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Thanks for that andyanimal31,
That is interesting and could save me quite a few bucks. I use different RCBS shell holders for .308 and 6.5x55 currently. Redding currently lists a #7 shell holder for the 6.5x55 but earlier listed a #1. My son has a Redding #1 shell holder set for his .308 rifles so I will take some 6.5x55 cases round to check next time I go.
Regards Grandpamac.