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wlc
02-17-2013, 01:32 AM
Does any one make a "custom"/non factory size Lee type push through sizer die?
trying2learn
02-17-2013, 01:43 AM
Buckshot on here does. But only ones that aren't factory available. Which if I read it right are the sizes you want.
Mal Paso
02-17-2013, 01:36 PM
I believe "The Professor" has a system that uses Lyman/RCBS dies in a press in a similar fashion as Lee. Just a thought.
Chicken Thief
02-17-2013, 06:22 PM
Ehhhhhhhh, Lee will do custom Lee sizers. Cant beat that?
Wayne Smith
02-17-2013, 06:59 PM
The perfessor's apparatus holds an H&I die so it can be used as a through die.
Spawn-Inc
02-17-2013, 07:45 PM
make your own :) i did out of a 1/2" thick base of aluminum heatsink.

i have a lee .501 sizer on order, which is taking forever! so i made my own 2 stage push through sizer.

i simply drilled 2 holes with a 1/2" drill bit which came out to .498". i took a wooden dowel and wrapped it with 1200 grit sand paper and reamed it out to .503 (by accident) and the second one to .501" i run them through the first hole, then through the second one and it works great.

it will also seat/crimp gas checks at least enough for me. i've never see what a properly done one looks like.

Note: i use the drill press to push the bullets through, but an arbor press would be better.
http://i386.photobucket.com/albums/oo304/Spawn-Inc/Reloading/IMG_20130117_210245_zps3005a593.jpg

here is one with a gas check in a belled case for my 500
http://i386.photobucket.com/albums/oo304/Spawn-Inc/Reloading/image1_zps0c212dc5.jpeg