andrew678122
.270 WIN
I have just recently been given a reloading press and I've been giving a lot of thought to dies.
Let me say initially that I will be loading only for my .30-30 464 SPX. The cases will all be fire-formed to my chamber so there is no reason to subject them to a full-resize. Just the neck will have to be done. That said, I will be checking and trimming cases to the correct length using the Lee case conditioning kit plus the .30-30 case length gauge. And I plan on starting to anneal the necks soon, since that will be a consideration if I reload the same cases a lot of times.
I have been giving serious consideration to the Lee Collet Die set since it only resizes the neck and therefore my cases will last up to ten times as long (according to Lee's advertising blurb). If they last that much longer then the extra cost of the Collet Die set is worthwhile. BUT the Collet Die set does not crimp the cases. In order to do that I'll need to get one of Lee's Factory Crimp Dies in .30-30. The Collet Die set is adjustable for bullet seating depth so if I run the loaded cases through the crimper, they should be ok.
Does anyone see a problem there?
Let me say initially that I will be loading only for my .30-30 464 SPX. The cases will all be fire-formed to my chamber so there is no reason to subject them to a full-resize. Just the neck will have to be done. That said, I will be checking and trimming cases to the correct length using the Lee case conditioning kit plus the .30-30 case length gauge. And I plan on starting to anneal the necks soon, since that will be a consideration if I reload the same cases a lot of times.
I have been giving serious consideration to the Lee Collet Die set since it only resizes the neck and therefore my cases will last up to ten times as long (according to Lee's advertising blurb). If they last that much longer then the extra cost of the Collet Die set is worthwhile. BUT the Collet Die set does not crimp the cases. In order to do that I'll need to get one of Lee's Factory Crimp Dies in .30-30. The Collet Die set is adjustable for bullet seating depth so if I run the loaded cases through the crimper, they should be ok.
Does anyone see a problem there?