Originally Posted by
Gremlin460
I always size after first bake, irrespective of how many future coats it may receive.
All casts are sized at .358 in a highly polished Lee die.
They are then recoated and sorted into boxes of 4000 when baked.
Just before loading I will resize from these boxes either to .356 for the 1911 my wife shoots, or .358 for my Beretta, redoing it at .358 just "smooths out the second coating" rather than does any sizing at all.
99% of my casts are only coated twice, and are all cast out of 94/2/4 lead/tin/antim. mix @ 13/14BHN