Comments on: Optimizing Neck Tension with Bushing and Non-Bushing Dies https://bulletin.accurateshooter.com/2012/03/optimizing-neck-tension-with-bushing-and-non-bushing-dies/ from AccurateShooter.com Wed, 15 Apr 2026 14:06:46 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.26 By: Irv https://bulletin.accurateshooter.com/2012/03/optimizing-neck-tension-with-bushing-and-non-bushing-dies/comment-page-1/#comment-32720 Thu, 08 Mar 2012 20:49:31 +0000 http://accurateshooter.wordpress.com/?p=6270#comment-32720 Why not just use a Wilson neck die with two, three, or even four bushings. such a method will require the use of an arbor press that can be purchased from your local industrial supply shop for about $40. the press will not be ‘pretty” like a Hart, Sinclair, or others, but is works just as well.

EDITOR: Irv, there’s logic to what you’re saying, and many folks will go that route. However, some of us have found that a honed FL-die, if well made, produces straighter ammo than we can get from neck-sizing only dies using bushings (whether a Wilson hand die or screw-in die). In addition, you accomplish three operations with one pass: Decapping, body sizing, neck sizing. With a separate neck-sizing operation you increase your loading time significantly.

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