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I use Lee Factory Crimp Dies for 357 and 44 but use the Collet Crimp Die for 500 S&W since I’d have to get a custom FCD made. For 460 S&W Lee says their 45 Colt FCD will work. Anyone use this? Or should I just go for the 460 S&W Collet? I’m mostly going to be loading 250gr copper plated bullets. Thank you.
 
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Can't see why it wouldn't work:; just take a little more to set up because of the longer case... can't just make contact with the shell plate and back off per the instructions. that would make it want to crimp the sidewall rather than the neck.
That being said i run Dillon dies and have never has an issue with crimp in my .460 Run 49.3gr of H110 pushing 240gr Hornady FTX-HP's
 
Boomer686 said:
Can't see why it wouldn't work:; just take a little more to set up because of the longer case... can't just make contact with the shell plate and back off per the instructions. that would make it want to crimp the sidewall rather than the neck.
That being said i run Dillon dies and have never has an issue with crimp in my .460 Run 49.3gr of H110 pushing 240gr Hornady FTX-HP's
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Ever chrono that load?
 
I've just always seated and crimped in two different steps. I knew the Lee die could do both at once I just haven't tried it.
 
It seems to work good. Once it's set up seat and crip with the same stroke of the press. Just takes some patients to set up and have to make sure all you brass is the same length that's the big part .
 
I use the seating/crimping die to crimp my 460 loads. I do crimp them all after seating though. Works just fine for me using 52 grains of 296 under a Hornady 200 grain ftx or 48 grains under a 260 grain speer jhp
 
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