And, when you use a full length sizer die, you're working the body. That's what you avoid with a bushing bump die. All you're doing is sizing the neck and pushing the shoulder back a bit. Doesn't do anything with the body. .001 to .0015 should be enough for a bump.
By "not" using a full length sizer die, and just a bushing and shoulder bump, you let the body expand to the size of the chamber.
Every time that brass gets fired after it was full length resized, it expands back to the chamber size. That's where you're working the brass more than needed.
With a shoulder bump only, somewhere down the road you'll have to squeeze the body back down but not till it's needed. Keeps everything snug in the chamber. And you "can" bump the shoulder with a full length die but you're also working the body.
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