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Id like to aske Jackie Schmidt & Butch Lambert what dies you youse ? Redding bench rest or inline dies ? OR any one ealse want to post . thanks Max
 
You might have to post their names on the thread otherwise you might have to pm or email them.
I know what Jackie was using for 6ppc, but Ill let him answer for himself.
 
I had kiff make me a reamer that was .003 smaller than my chambering reamer at the neck, .002 smaller at the shoulder, and .003 at the base. I make my own dies. I'm going to make another, but will bore it to use one of my carbide bushings. I use my chambering reamer to make a seating die using prints that Joe Kubon drew up. It has a floating stem and a Mitutoyo micrometer adjustable stem on it.
Butch
 
Butch,
How much polishing of the die do you have to do, and given that there is some spring back, when you size a case, what clearance do you end up with at the base and shoulder, and how much neck tension? What sort of hardening process do you use, and does it cause dimensional changes, if so how much? What steel are you using?
Boyd
 
Boyd,
Some of those questions are a little hard to answer.I usually pitch the brass after 2 aggs and yes there is springback in the brass. Probably because it hasn't been overworked. All I can say is it has been a long trial and error thing to get to where I'm at. I'm going to bore the neck on the next one in order that I can change the neck busings to get a little more control. I use barrel steel[416R]. I do very little polishing with 600 paper and they are melonited. Melonite produces very little dimensional change. You also have less scratching on your brass with a hardened die.
Butch
 
Thanks for the info. I think that brass gets more spring back as it is work hardened, which is why I use old, work hardened brass when specifying reamer dimensions after measuring a sized case. It would seem that Melonite has an advantage when trying to maintain as machined dimensions.
 
Butch when you say you pitch the brass after 2 aggs how many pieces of brass are you talking about?
 
Butch Ive heard you say you owne a busnes. do you sell reloading suplies? thanks Max
 
seater die

Hey Butch could you possibly send me the print for that seater die with the micrometer stem top? I have been thinking about how to build one like that for quite awhile now. I think Speedy used to make one like that didn't he?

Thanks
Joe
 
I use only Redding Dies, but I do modify them to suite my needs.

For instance, the sliding chamber sleeve in the seater is my own. My sizing die is actually a Redding that I turn the first 1/4 inch of the big end down to about 1/16 wall thickness, and then press a ring over it to tighten it up. I then dress it out to where it hits the web area just right to fit my reamer. It satred out as a regular full length die, I bored the neck portion out to a little over .265 to use with my .269 neck chamber.

Ask anybody. My dies make dead straight rounds, with very consistant results........jackie
 
Max,
I do not sell reloading supplies. You can check my website www.shadetreeea.com. Jay Lynn is my trashcan for old brass. Not many people using 262 neck brass anymore. Joe, you will have to contact Joe Kubon for prints. He actually has a lot of CAD time in them and I couldn't very well give his prints away. It is different than Speedy's seating die..
Butch
 
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