REALLY simple question about Redding bushing neck-sizing dies

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The Question: which way do you insert the little bugger in the Redding bushing neck die? Numbers up or numbers down?

One side of the bushing (the non-numbers side) has a slight chamfer on the inside edge of the hole; I'm assuming this side is supposed to face downwards so that the chamfer guides the neck into the bushing...

However, doing this is leaving about a 1.5-2.0 mm section of neck that isn't getting sized, right at the shoulder-neck junction, which I suspect might eventually lead to the formation of donuts. (I've got the bushing set as low as the instructions indicate is safe, btw - about .007" above where the shell-holder contacts the die, so there's no obvious way of lowering the bushing further than it currently is.)

So: what sayeth the reloading gurus here?
 
odd, all my bushings are chamfered on both sides...

one would think if it had to go in a certain way, they would mention in in the instructions some where, which i have never seen

can you post some pics of your bushing? now im curious iv
 
Of all the Redding bushings I've seen and used, both ends are chamferred. It won't matter which way you place it in the die.

The fact that the bushing does not size all the way to the shoulder does not mean that it will create a doughnut - the fact that the thicker brass from the shoulder eventually flows into the neck from firing & full length sizing means it's possible that you may end up with doughnuts but it won't be because of the bushing.

Rooster
 
Okay, it looks like I posted too quickly - I've examined the bushings carefully (and without my contacts in this time...), and there IS a chamfer at the numbers end as well. Sigh.

To be honest, there does seem to be less chamfering done at the numbers end than at the other end, but having said that, of the 4 bushings I just eyeballed, it looked like each one had a different amount of chamfering done compared to its neighbours, so maybe it's just a random distribution.

Going by Rooster's comments, I think I'll continue as things are.

Regardless, thanks for the replies!
 
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