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Hummer70 · March 14, 2013, 04:25 PM

What you have is the die is chambered too deep and base of die hits shell holder before shoulder of case is contacted. If you have a friend with a lathe have him whack about .015" off the bottom of the die and make sure to re-radius the die mouth like it is now.

The run die down leaving it about .012 off the shell holder and run case in, if you still get the line turn die about 1/8th turn at a time till you see that the shoulder is just touched.

I have about 60 sets of dies and I have had to trim about 15 of them to get them to size correctly.

March 14, 2013, 04:25 PM	#7
Hummer70 Senior Member Join Date: June 22, 2009 Location: South Carolina Posts: 203	What you have is the die is chambered too deep and base of die hits shell holder before shoulder of case is contacted. If you have a friend with a lathe have him whack about .015" off the bottom of the die and make sure to re-radius the die mouth like it is now. The run die down leaving it about .012 off the shell holder and run case in, if you still get the line turn die about 1/8th turn at a time till you see that the shoulder is just touched. I have about 60 sets of dies and I have had to trim about 15 of them to get them to size correctly. __________________ Distinguished Rifleman High Power & Smallbore Prone President's Hundred (Rifle) US Palma Teams(2) US Dewar Team (2),4 Man Natl.Champ Team SB Prone Cert Test Dir. Sm Arms and Ammo,Aberdeen Pr Ground, Firefighter I, AC4HT