lee ultimate rifle die set.
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No, but its a good die set that is very flexible. I wish I had gone that route first with a few calibers. What Lee is referring to is neck sizing. The Lee collet die only sizes the neck so that it will hold a bullet. This is done after the case has been fire formed to your chamber. Unsized brass will not hold a bullet unless you have a VERY tight chamber or use very large cast bullets. At any rate, you can neck size brass and use it in the rifle it was fired from. It fits that rifle exactly. In comparison, full length sizing squeezes the body of the case down and pushes the shoulder back so it will safely chamber in any rifle. If you tried to chamber neck sized brass in a rifle with a tighter chamber or slightly different chamber specs it may not fit. That's why you keep neck sized brass with the rifle it was fired in. Hopefully BigEd will be along to teach you everything you could ever want to know about neck sizing vs. full length sizing. He has illustrations and animations for days! But he knows what he's talking about and explains it well.
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Wow, did not think this would happen, I am sure I am not the only one but I suggested this to Lee about 2 years ago when I was talking to someone there. The ultimate rifle die set.
As far as not having to resize your brass, I have found that if I am using full charge loads I will have to resize my brass after every third or forth reloading and neck size with the collet die between full length sizing. I also use the Redding competition shell holders when I full length resize my cases. I have one set of practice brass for each of 3 calibres that I reload for that have yet to be full length resized and I am up to 6 times that they have been loaded.
All of my die sets are what now are called Lee Ultimate Die Sets except for My 358 because they are not available but are still Lee dies.
For those that say Lee dies are nothing but scrap metal, to each his own, they work well for me and that is all that matters.
David
As far as not having to resize your brass, I have found that if I am using full charge loads I will have to resize my brass after every third or forth reloading and neck size with the collet die between full length sizing. I also use the Redding competition shell holders when I full length resize my cases. I have one set of practice brass for each of 3 calibres that I reload for that have yet to be full length resized and I am up to 6 times that they have been loaded.
All of my die sets are what now are called Lee Ultimate Die Sets except for My 358 because they are not available but are still Lee dies.
For those that say Lee dies are nothing but scrap metal, to each his own, they work well for me and that is all that matters.
David
