Converting a Lee fls die to a body die

Got boxes with all sorts of extra reloading tools. It is part of the learning cycle and someday, it might come in handy.

With experience, I narrow down what I need based on what I am trying to do... simple is usually better but not always.

Part of the fun... no one answer for every situation.

Don't ask how many 308 sizing dies I currently have.... and they pretty much all get used. I don't sell my dies anymore... sometimes, a bit different is what you are looking for.

Jerry
 
Mystic Precision said:
Got boxes with all sorts of extra reloading tools. It is part of the learning cycle and someday, it might come in handy.

With experience, I narrow down what I need based on what I am trying to do... simple is usually better but not always.

Part of the fun... no one answer for every situation.

Don't ask how many 308 sizing dies I currently have.... and they pretty much all get used. I don't sell my dies anymore... sometimes, a bit different is what you are looking for.

Jerry
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That is unfortunately true, my reloading room has 12 years of accumulated detritus... and every time I've gotten rid of something I've come to regret it.
 
Got the dies back and have been playing with this further...

0.003 bullet runout using neck turned and annealed brass, and neck sized and seated with Redding A series dies as a control.

Using commercial brass, both non-annealed and annealed.

0.008 and 0.010 (annealed) bullet runout using Redding Series A FLS die.

0.003 and 0.003 (annealed) bullet runout using a Redding Series A FLS die then a Lee Collet die.

0.003 and 0.003 (annealed) bullet runout using a Lee Collet die then a body die converted from a Lee FLS die.

It looks like the way to go is with the FLS then the Collet die when I need to bump the sholder back. Particuarly since I'm regularly annealing. I did find the difference between annealing FLS brass and Collet sized brass interesting.
 
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sard said:
Got the dies back and have been playing with this further...

0.003 bullet runout using neck turned and annealed brass, and neck sized and seated with Redding A series dies as a control.

Using commercial brass, both non-annealed and annealed.

0.008 and 0.010 (annealed) bullet runout using Redding Series A FLS die.

0.003 and 0.003 (annealed) bullet runout using a Redding Series A FLS die then a Lee Collet die.

0.003 and 0.003 (annealed) bullet runout using a Lee Collet die then a body die converted from a Lee FLS die.

It looks like the way to go is with the FLS then the Collet die when I need to bump the sholder back. Particuarly since I'm regularly annealing. I did find the difference between annealing FLS brass and Collet sized brass interesting.
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Thanks for posting your results as a follow up.

Interested in knowing what you use for tooling regarding measuring runout and if you tested/noticed a difference in seating force between annealed vs un-annealed neck turned brass.

(I found a deal on a new series A Redding set so I recently purchased. In my case I'm not concerned about the full length sizer but rather the seater and how well it works compared to others at similar level. ie RCBS and Lee offerings)

Regards
Ronr
 
Hi Ronr,

Thanks. It was a good experiment.

I'm using a Sinclare International Concentricity Gage... as to your other question. Seating was noticeably easier with the annealed brass and the bullets were harder to pull after (going by effort but not objectively measured in any way).

All the bullets were seated with a Redding A Series die. Its been working well for me.
 
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