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ejcrist
04-16-2015, 01:37 PM
Does anyone know the correct expander plug sizes relative to the diameter boolits you intend to shoot to get the best neck tension in a straight wall case? In other words for example, if your shooting say a .314" boolit, you should use an expander between .309"-.310". The reason I'm asking is I have a set of 32 H&R Mag RCBS carbide dies which put about the right amount of tension on .314" boolits but not if I size them to .312" for another revolver. I have a .3075" expander but I don't know if this would be too small. Per RCBS the expander that comes with the dies is .310" and I'm trying to figure out if .309" would be best.

ejcrist
04-16-2015, 05:51 PM
I think I found the answer in a previous thread:
http://castboolits.gunloads.com/showthread.php?205234-Expander-size-for-proper-neck-tension