Reccomended Bushing Size

[MR WICK]

I am using a 6.5 Creedmoor Redding Type S FL Sizing Die. Just curious what size bushing you all use.

 

[Walkalong]

What brass? What is the neck thickness?

 

[Walkalong]

Oh, and I can’t remember off hand the Hornady 6.5 brass neck thickness or what bushing I ordered to start with, but I can check when I get home.

 

[243winxb]

Hornady factory loaded ammo OD .291" Bushings .288" & .289" is what i have.

 

[CoalCrackerAl]

What are these bushings?

 

[MR WICK]

Using new 6.5 CM Lapua Brass. Will be buying a Redding Titanium Nitrate bushing to go with the Redding Type S FL Sizing Die. Will be shooting 140 grain either Hornady or SMK Projectiles.

 

[lightman]

I am using a 6.5 Creedmoor Redding Type S FL Sizing Die. Just curious what size bushing you all use.

Deleted reply. Mis-read original post!

 

[Skgreen]

.287 while also using the expander ball. (Hornady range-pick brass)

 

[JFrank]

Using new 6.5 CM Lapua Brass. Will be buying a Redding Titanium Nitrate bushing to go with the Redding Type S FL Sizing Die. Will be shooting 140 grain either Hornady or SMK Projectiles.

Measure the neck OD of a loaded round using a caliper then deduct a minimum of .002 -.003 and order those bushings.
( there’s really no advantage to titanium bushings over the standard steel )
Just hype…. IMO

 

[MR WICK]

Measure the neck OD of a loaded round using a caliper then deduct a minimum of .002 -.003 and order those bushings.
( there’s really no advantage to titanium bushings over the standard steel )
Just hype

That's good to know. Thanks. As far as bushings. I just wanted to see what others were using and having success with.

 

[JFrank]

That's good to know. Thanks. As far as bushings. I just wanted to see what others were using and having success with.

Your welcome.

 

[FLIGHT762]

I've been using the Redding TiN bushings for several years. I have about $150.00 already invested in bushings, so I'm not going to change them. I've had good luck with them, but If I was starting out, I would buy the Short Action customs (SAC) bushings. They work in the Redding dies and are touted to be a bit better than the Redding bushings that I have read from precision shooting forums.

https://www.midwayusa.com/product/102551345

 

[Varminterror]

What are these bushings?

Neck bushings for sizing dies.

 

[CoalCrackerAl]

Thanks.

 

[Walkalong]

I've been using the Redding TiN bushings for several years. I have about $150.00 already invested in bushings, so I'm not going to change them. I've had good luck with them, but If I was starting out, I would buy the Short Action customs (SAC) bushings. They work in the Redding dies and are touted to be a bit better than the Redding bushings that I have read from precision shooting forums.

https://www.midwayusa.com/product/102551345

Yep, they are the best I have tried.

 

[AJC1]

There seem to be a sub group that really like the shot action custom shop bushings. I can't say for myself as I use forester dies with honed necks.

 

[MR WICK]

Neck bushings for sizing dies.

Yes sir

 

[243winxb]

I use Redding Titanium Nitride bushings with a tiny bit of RCBS 2 lube on case neck. Lube that's on fingers from picking up brass, from off lube pad.

Never tried steel.

 

[Varminterror]

Yes sir

2x (thickness of neck brass) + (diameter of bullet - 0.002 = maximum bushing diameter.

*you can use -0.003 instead of 0.002

*buy multiple bushings. Best to have at least 3, if not 5 - one at your expected target then 1-2 sizes up and down.

*If you are using an expanding mandrel, you may choose a tighter bushing, since you’ll be using a -0.002 mandrel to further correct neck tension before seating.

 

[horsemen61]

I prefer the titanium nitride ones for what I do

 

[Walkalong]

There seem to be a sub group that really like the shot action custom shop bushings. I can't say for myself as I use forester dies with honed necks.

Apples to oranges.

Yes, that's an excellent option as well.

 

[Walkalong]

Oh, and I can’t remember off hand the Hornady 6.5 brass neck thickness or what bushing I ordered to start with, but I can check when I get home.

I just checked and I started with .287 & .288 bushings.

buy multiple bushings

Yep, no one ends up with just one, and you may not always use brass with the neck thickness you have now, it's nice to have some versatility.

Some of this, some of that, RCBS, Redding, Wilson, SAC. I even have a couple of carbide bushings from my Benchrest days, but they are too tight for my Dasher, that was for a .262 necked chamber.

 

[MR WICK]

I'll buy a few different sizes after checking the OD.

 

[Blue68f100]

My set goes from 0.292"- 0.284", maybe less since i have made some on the lathe.