Lee Bulge Buster or Redding GRX to eliminate bulge - Page 2

oldreloader · March 19, 2015, 12:07 AM

Lee's works great for me.

cwall64 · March 20, 2015, 10:05 AM

Love my Redding G-RX Carbide Base Sizing Die Kit 40 S&W, 357 Sig, 10mm Auto. I never tried the Lee, but the Redding works great. Easy simple to use and it gives me a chance to look at each case and evaluate since I am doing it on and old RCBS single stage press. I mainly load the 10mm, so i haven't used on any 40 S&W's yet.

TheFineLine · March 20, 2015, 10:32 AM

I got in the Lee "el cheapo $30" single stage, Lee crimp die, and bulge buster kit with the plastic tub. All in for $70ish. I set it up next to the progressive last night. I debulged 200 complete rounds and 300 additional cases. Even though it is a carbide sizer I went ahead and used lube on every 10th case or so. The single stage is all aluminum and with the force I had to put on it I'm afraid it would break. It was a breeze with them lubed. This is a great solution. I will upgrade the single stage at some point.

I see now how it could work in the progressive. You'd just have to pull the stem out of the shellplate and reinsert every time it indexes. It would work but would double the time so $30 well spent on the single stager.

Nick_C_S · March 20, 2015, 01:27 PM

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You'd just have to pull the stem out of the shellplate and reinsert every time it indexes.

That sounds like kind of a pain in the keister. I have no experience with a progressive. Isn't there an easy way to disable the indexing? Or maybe buy 4 or 5 stems - to put in all the shellplate slots?

TheFineLine · March 20, 2015, 02:36 PM

There is no way to disable it that I'm aware of. It would kick each stem out on station 5. Although you COULD do it, I spent the $30 and bought the cheap single stager.

Nick_C_S · March 20, 2015, 07:37 PM

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kick each stem out on station 5.

Ohhhh, thaaaat's right. Forgot about that part.

Like I said, I have no experience with a progressive.

March 19, 2015, 12:07 AM	#26
oldreloader Senior Member Join Date: May 31, 2009 Location: Magnolia, Arkansas Posts: 251	Lee's works great for me.

March 20, 2015, 10:05 AM	#27
cwall64 Member Join Date: March 18, 2015 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 63	Love my Redding G-RX Carbide Base Sizing Die Kit 40 S&W, 357 Sig, 10mm Auto. I never tried the Lee, but the Redding works great. Easy simple to use and it gives me a chance to look at each case and evaluate since I am doing it on and old RCBS single stage press. I mainly load the 10mm, so i haven't used on any 40 S&W's yet.

March 20, 2015, 10:32 AM	#28
TheFineLine Senior Member Join Date: January 9, 2012 Location: The Great State of Texas Posts: 210	I got in the Lee "el cheapo $30" single stage, Lee crimp die, and bulge buster kit with the plastic tub. All in for $70ish. I set it up next to the progressive last night. I debulged 200 complete rounds and 300 additional cases. Even though it is a carbide sizer I went ahead and used lube on every 10th case or so. The single stage is all aluminum and with the force I had to put on it I'm afraid it would break. It was a breeze with them lubed. This is a great solution. I will upgrade the single stage at some point. I see now how it could work in the progressive. You'd just have to pull the stem out of the shellplate and reinsert every time it indexes. It would work but would double the time so $30 well spent on the single stager.

March 20, 2015, 02:36 PM	#30
TheFineLine Senior Member Join Date: January 9, 2012 Location: The Great State of Texas Posts: 210	There is no way to disable it that I'm aware of. It would kick each stem out on station 5. Although you COULD do it, I spent the $30 and bought the cheap single stager.