Originally Posted by
onesonek
.001" -.002" over groove dia., not bore dia., is the general rule of thumb. Then it kind of depends on the throat dia. as well,,,, as in how much over groove it will take. Some throats may be larger, some maybe tighter. But for most part, if the throat is say, .460", and groove is .458", I would size to .4595". As you thought, get your bore, groove, along with throat dimensions, and go from there.
I have gone to Buckshot as well, and think highly of his work!! But you can also get a Lee push through as an option, in .457-.458", and open it up yourself a little at a time untill you get where you want to be. I have done that just using a long shanked 1/4" bolt wrapped with 600-800 grit paper. If you have to open it up a fair amount to start with (over say .001"), then start with 400 grit, and finish with 6-800 grit. Just go slow and easy, it don't take all that long, and I check with both soft and hard slugs, as the harder the alloy, the more spring back you will get. It's not a lot, but enough if you run extremely tight tolerence's with a dead soft, going with a harder alloy could be a bit tighter than wanted.