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impact · January 31, 2005, 12:09 AM

The washers are when you change from! lets say 38 to 357! You don't use the washer to load 38s. if you want to load 357s you just add the washer and all the adjustments for the die stay the same when you seat and crimp. You don't use the washer to resize the 357 or 38 cases. You should have two washers one for the 38,357 and one for the 44 special and 44 mag die set. The washer in my 357 and 44 die set both measure .129. Well the 357 is .1295 and the 44 is .1285.

January 31, 2005, 12:09 AM	#5
impact Senior Member Join Date: January 8, 2005 Location: the great state of Texas Posts: 854	The washers are when you change from! lets say 38 to 357! You don't use the washer to load 38s. if you want to load 357s you just add the washer and all the adjustments for the die stay the same when you seat and crimp. You don't use the washer to resize the 357 or 38 cases. You should have two washers one for the 38,357 and one for the 44 special and 44 mag die set. The washer in my 357 and 44 die set both measure .129. Well the 357 is .1295 and the 44 is .1285.