If it's just that you don't want to buy a neck die do the partial full sizing method. I haven't read the whole thread and possibly it's already been suggested, but here's the way to do it inexpensively without tools.

Back off your FL die about a half turn. That's about .075". Lube and size a fired case at that setting. Try to chamber it, it shouldn't chamber but if it does, back it off another quarter turn. Start turning the die in, in very small increments like about an eighth of turn or slightly less. That's sizing about .005" at a time. Try chambering the case and keep repeating the sizing process and screwing the die down slightly until the case chambers with a very slight crush fit. Set your lock ring right there. You might check a couple of more cases that haven't been repeatedly sized to make sure your adjustment is spot on. You now have what many people would call neck sized cases with only slight sizing of the body. That slight crush fit enables the case to lie concentrically in the chamber supposedly enhancing accuracy if all the other components of the action are "straight".

As noted earlier, many swear by this method for accuracy and it would be almost the same thing as a benchrester would do by matching their custom chambers and dies, if that's the way they are doing it today.


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