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Oh, about that bullet "draw down," it works great for jacketed and monometals, copper and even brass.
Review:
For .416" down to .411", get a 1-ton arbor press for cheap at Harbor Freight.
Lube the bullets by rolling on a Lyman case-lube pad with water-soluble RCBS Case Lube 2.
Go in steps of 0.003" to 0.002", 0.001" steps are very easy:
.413"
.411"
.409"
The last step down to 0.409" allows spring-back to 0.411".
A last step of 0.408" will allow spring-back to 0.410".
May as well throw in for .412" and size those .416" lead bullets to either .413" or .412",
whatever works best for your rifle.
The cast bullets do not spring back,
except the really hard ones to a small degree.
Regular reloading press works for them, with the base-pusher sizers.
And, maybe the Nosler Partition only springs back 0.0015" if the monometals do a full 0.002".

Last of my details from Townie's .400 Whelen rifle: