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Lee Die Owners Please Help
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<blockquote data-quote="birdiemc" data-source="post: 1552475" data-attributes="member: 29632"><p>Everytime I see dies come up in conversation there is always somebody who chimes in and says "I've been using Lee dies for years and never had a problem"...those are the guys I would like to hear from here.</p><p>I have a Lee single stage press, have bought Lee 3 die sets for all cartridges I now own, and I need help.</p><p>I'm having issues with my FL sizing die being inconsistent. To set it up I took a piece of brass I fired in my rifle, slapped the hornady comparator on the digital calipers, measured a case and hit the zero button. Checked 3 more and stayed at zero, so there's my chamber dimension. Then set up my die to bump back .002, easy, now instead of .000 my calipers read -.002. Tested a few cases, all measure the same so started running 30 pieces of brass through checking each one as I went. (2) -.005, (2) -.003, (6) -.002, (11) -.001, (9) .000</p><p></p><p>I have the same problem when seating bullets, usually end up with as much as .002-.003 variance in CBTO in 30 rounds.</p><p></p><p>My press has the quick change bushings, which I don't utilize. I have the one bushing that came with it and just screw my dies into that. I have index marks on my dies so I can theoretically get them seated the same every time. </p><p></p><p>When I run them down I go hand tight, I dont break out tools to tighten the jam nut. </p><p></p><p>So again, you out there who have been using Lee dies successfully for years please tell me what I'm doing wrong. </p><p>Or is that much inconsistency acceptable?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="birdiemc, post: 1552475, member: 29632"] Everytime I see dies come up in conversation there is always somebody who chimes in and says "I've been using Lee dies for years and never had a problem"...those are the guys I would like to hear from here. I have a Lee single stage press, have bought Lee 3 die sets for all cartridges I now own, and I need help. I'm having issues with my FL sizing die being inconsistent. To set it up I took a piece of brass I fired in my rifle, slapped the hornady comparator on the digital calipers, measured a case and hit the zero button. Checked 3 more and stayed at zero, so there's my chamber dimension. Then set up my die to bump back .002, easy, now instead of .000 my calipers read -.002. Tested a few cases, all measure the same so started running 30 pieces of brass through checking each one as I went. (2) -.005, (2) -.003, (6) -.002, (11) -.001, (9) .000 I have the same problem when seating bullets, usually end up with as much as .002-.003 variance in CBTO in 30 rounds. My press has the quick change bushings, which I don't utilize. I have the one bushing that came with it and just screw my dies into that. I have index marks on my dies so I can theoretically get them seated the same every time. When I run them down I go hand tight, I dont break out tools to tighten the jam nut. So again, you out there who have been using Lee dies successfully for years please tell me what I'm doing wrong. Or is that much inconsistency acceptable? [/QUOTE]
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