PhilM

Thanks for the suggestions. The idea of using body die and then the Lee Collet one to size the neck is sound in principal, however does not address my problem that I am encountering that the Lee Collet neck sizing die isn't sizing my necks properly after a few firings - and I don't know why!

Really? I only use Lapua brass so maybe previous concerns of it shortening case life are not valid? I did subscribe to the theory of only working the bits of the brass that needed it, so less work hardening etc, and it fits your chamber well, but appreciate there is of course going to potentially be more variability each time. I also have a Raptor Calls annnealer I have yet to set up, although reading the forums it seems gas annealers are very yesterday too 😥. I am guessing if FL sizing every time annealing is more important? Any advice for frequency on that? Ive seen from 'every time' to 'every 5 times' etc.

So for years with my .308, I'd necksize using my Lee Collet die and then FL size around every 5 goes. No dramas. When I moved to 6.5CM I remember Colin at my local gunshop saying I may experience problems with the Lee Collet die in 6.5CM, with the neck springing back, thinking not a lot more of it, I bought his recommended Hornady neck sizing die (#046043) and stuck it at the back of the reloading drawer, just incase. Anyway....it happened! So after four very sucessful sizings with my Lee Collect 6.5CM die, I was shocked to discover that when I came to seat bullets, the neck tension varied from "almost normal" to "almost nothing". I tried to understand why, maybe the cases 'sprang back', maybe they needed annealing etc, and never fully came to a conclusion as to what happened. That left me with a problem of a batch of 4x fired, prepped & primed cases. So I decided to take my Hornady neck sizing die, removed the decapping pin and set about carefully neck sizing my primed cases (this was favoured over depriming them for safety reasons!). I am a little worried the expander mandrel uses the decapping pin to centre itself in the case, and that maybe resizing sans decapping pin I may have introduced some concentricty issues to the neck, but the mandrel looks sturdy and the decapping pin kind of floats anyway? Anyone have any thoughts on this? I'm keen not to have this happen again. Has anyone seen it before with 6.5CM where the necks dont seem to be sized correctly after using the LCD a few times? (although its been fine til now...the collets are not jammed). Do I need annealing? Or FL sizing sooner? Was my remedy solution 'acceptable' or would it have been better to decap and FL size the cases? Any advice appreciated!

Hornady cases sold to Cameron. Marty I’ll drop you a PM with payment details for the Sako ones. Ezmobile, sorry they’ve been paid for already.

I havs some genuinely once fired brass that I’ve ended up with when I haven’t had time to reload before shoots. All are large primer cases: 40x 6.5 Creedmoor Sako cases - SOLD. 117x 6.5 Creedmoor Hornady Cases - SOLD Will ship with the empty boxes and plastic storage clips as pictured. PayPal or bank transfer.

There's a .243 Accuracy international AE MK3 on GunTrader, folder with full length mod and S&B scope on it. As Paul says above though, you can pick up an AI AT or AX new and order it with an additional 243 barrel.

PM sent for payment details for a machine with .308 and .223 Disks. Thanks

AI AT.