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wncchester · September 13, 2011, 01:17 PM

"..if the Lee colet die is not adjusted progressively the neck can be pushed down toward the case body, with out case body support the case can bulge,"

No neck die "supports" the case body, that's virtually the definition of a neck die.

There is no way Lee's collet sizer neck die can bulge a shoulder unless the collet sleeve is jammed up in the top of the die body before the case goes in, and if that happens it's sure not the die's fault.

As matter of semantics for a technical activity in which the correct use of words matter; there is no such thing as a GO-NO GO gage for cases, those are made for chambers and are illustrated in post #7.

A Wilson type drop-in gage simply lets us see if the case and/or cartridge meets SAMMI specs and that isn't worth beans unless we want to duplicate factory ammo. But we shoot our guns, not our gages so we need to custom make ammo to fit our guns. If we don't do that we may as well use factory ammo.

Very few reloaders have, or need, a dial indicator and the associated stand it needs to work with.

September 13, 2011, 01:17 PM	#21
wncchester Senior Member Join Date: December 1, 2002 Posts: 2,832	"..if the Lee colet die is not adjusted progressively the neck can be pushed down toward the case body, with out case body support the case can bulge," No neck die "supports" the case body, that's virtually the definition of a neck die. There is no way Lee's collet sizer neck die can bulge a shoulder unless the collet sleeve is jammed up in the top of the die body before the case goes in, and if that happens it's sure not the die's fault. As matter of semantics for a technical activity in which the correct use of words matter; there is no such thing as a GO-NO GO gage for cases, those are made for chambers and are illustrated in post #7. A Wilson type drop-in gage simply lets us see if the case and/or cartridge meets SAMMI specs and that isn't worth beans unless we want to duplicate factory ammo. But we shoot our guns, not our gages so we need to custom make ammo to fit our guns. If we don't do that we may as well use factory ammo. Very few reloaders have, or need, a dial indicator and the associated stand it needs to work with. Last edited by wncchester; September 13, 2011 at 01:34 PM.