Lee die question
Problem I seeing with my lee dies is the neck is expanding to much. I am sizing my bullets to .427" for my barrel and my bullets almost fall in to the case after sizing & de-capping them, also...
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The Swiss Vetterli chamber has a strongly tapered neck. The necks of sized cartridges must be cylindrical to hold hold bullets in alignment. Sizing dies are made accordingly, but even if they weren't,...
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Running the cases back into the full length resizing die with out the expander stem, may be another approach to fitting a smaller diameter bullet.
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I also have to use a .427 bullet, a .430 bullet will not allow the cartridge to chamber. I just run the case throughh the sizer without the expander stem and this works 95% of the time. I do have a...
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all of these sound like good ideas, I think I will try stevenjay1 idea of removing the expander and a few cases, but I have a feeling that i may have to take the expander and grind or sand it down some
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The expander serves an important function, making the internal neck diameter uniform even when wall thickness varies between individual cases. Omitting the expander is rarely conducive to precision...
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mine does measure 0.425" and I have been sizing them to .427". My first 25 Lebel cases are on there 4 firing and have formed pretty nice the second set is a set of 50 Lebel cases and they are only on...
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