stephentri Posted March 6, 2018 Report Share Posted March 6, 2018 Hi could anyone tell me if I order honed dies from forster how long it takes for them to arrive in the UK and are you hit with import duty. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
palo Posted March 6, 2018 Report Share Posted March 6, 2018 I got 308 ones and they only took a couple of weeks, I ordered 6.5 lapua ones for my mate and they took about a month. I got hit for duty both times Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stephentri Posted March 6, 2018 Author Report Share Posted March 6, 2018 Hi if you don't mind me asking how much were you charged for postage and duty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maltbuck Posted March 7, 2018 Report Share Posted March 7, 2018 Palo - as I am considering getting some Forster fl dies honed, did you send Forster fired brass? My question arises from the US rules regarding brass export / imports. Regards, MB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
palo Posted March 7, 2018 Report Share Posted March 7, 2018 Stephen. I ordered 2 honed 308 dies for myself and a mate and I think postage was 30 dollars and we had to pay 28 pounds duty. Maltbuck. I didnt send brass. I only use lapua in my 308 so I measured the outside neck diameter of a few loaded rounds and ordered the dies with the neck honed .003 smaller. Ie my loaded neck measured .338 so my dies were. 335. Forster recommend that you order your dies 4 or 5 thou smaller than your loaded rounds and let the expander open it up again. 3 thou is working well for us though and we did try some cbc brass and that was fine also. You can email them and they will get back to you with any questions you have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stephentri Posted March 7, 2018 Author Report Share Posted March 7, 2018 Hi Palo thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
No i deer Posted March 7, 2018 Report Share Posted March 7, 2018 My forster br 6.5x47 die is s standard and checking the resized case I have 2 thousandths neck tension. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
palo Posted March 7, 2018 Report Share Posted March 7, 2018 7 hours ago, No i deer said: My forster br 6.5x47 die is s standard and checking the resized case I have 2 thousandths neck tension. Yeah that would be about right after the expander opens it up again. Did you try one without the expander to see what it is ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
No i deer Posted March 7, 2018 Report Share Posted March 7, 2018 No but I guess it would be tighter (more tension) as expander must open it up a fraction.i am very fussy with my brass and powder weights which does give me single figure Es's and no doubt the neck tension plays a big part Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
palo Posted March 7, 2018 Report Share Posted March 7, 2018 3 hours ago, No i deer said: No but I guess it would be tighter (more tension) as expander must open it up a fraction.i am very fussy with my brass and powder weights which does give me single figure Es's and no doubt the neck tension plays a big part Id say the expander opens it up a good bit. Go on and size one for me without the expander ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
No i deer Posted March 7, 2018 Report Share Posted March 7, 2018 With the expander ball on inside neck measures .262. Without expander ball it measures .258 so 6 thousanths neck tension. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maltbuck Posted March 8, 2018 Report Share Posted March 8, 2018 Many thanks Palo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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