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The small base dies do work and i do have a tendency to use them for the autos. Also since i don't load to the absoilute max I doubt that they resize the bases all that much but I did worry about work hardening the brass..but I loaded the same 30-06 case 11 times for my ol 742..and it was still good..I did retire it though..just out of safety's sake. Never been a great fan of semi auto rifles but that 742 is a good shooter..very good in fact. I had a 760 pump that was a good shooter too. it was a 243 and was a bit more sensitive to resizing.. Did not have a small base die for it but I sized them twice..once before cleaning and once before loading. It never failed to feed but if I sized only once I could feel the case going in a bit.. All I ever shot in it were reloads.. in fact I found a half of a box of Nosler bullers the other day that I loaded in it..95 gr partitions ..the old style. I did shoot more than one or two deer with it..and one fox. That ol Fox was running hell bent for election down hill at about 40 yds. Shot it just like I woulda used a shotgun.. Didn't even ruin the hide. Pure and simple ..it was a lucky shot