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I'm ordering my .338 Lapua AI Reamer soon. I don't want to pay $350 for a set of dies for it. I can get die bodies for $20 from the same place as my reamer. I want to make my own dies, but do I try to make a neck sizer, or just full length size? Argh!
 
you really won`t be able to make a full length sizer with the same reamer you make your chamber with as the size will be the same! unless you get pretty creative, you can make a neck sizer with no problems, something like the wilson bushing dies or Redding as well as others are easy enough to make, most times if you ask your reamer maker for a reamer you can ask for a die reamer at the same time they are cut small er to size your brass and can double as a roughing reamer for the chamber
 
$350 was for the Redding micrometer match set. I will check the CH4D site again, as I may have missed it first time through.
 
Beater said:
how much was the resize reamer?
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Same price as the finishing reamer.

I sent an e-mail off to inquire as to the similarities between the CH4D die and My PT&G reamer.

The idea of this build is to have an accurate long range rig. I don't want to spend what I'm spending on the rifle and then be disappointed with my reloading abilities. I'm questioning my reloading capabilities at this time.
 
If your going to spend a ton on an accurate rifle, your dies aren't the place to cheap out. The dies are a small expense compared to actually feeding it.
 
If you have a metal lathe, you can make a D bit reamer to cut the cavity for each of your dies. You probably want to make the neck area on the sizing die about .006 or .007" smaller than the finished neck to allow for elasticity of the brass. You then expand the neck to .001" under bullet diameter. I would make the body of the shell the same size in the die as for a factory shell or perhaps .001" larger.

Having said that, I get the impression that you don't have a metal lathe and I would suspect that going from a blank die body to a good working die would be more than a little challenging without a metal lathe.

You can anneal finished dies in a smaller caliber fairly easily and then drill and ream them to finished dimensions of the cartridge of your choice

cheers mooncoon
 
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