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Thread: Dillon #6 locator pins

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    Boolit Master wrench man's Avatar
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    Dillon #6 locator pins

    Seems I need #6 locator pins to load the 375 Ruger, anyone have #6 pins they can measure? they are used with the WSM/WSSM and Ultra mags and the S&W 500 also.
    It'll be just shy of a $20 bill to get them from Dillon, yea I'm cheap, plus I can whittle them out on the lathe in nothing flat.
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    Found this on an old post, no mention of locator #6 ?

    http://castboolits.gunloads.com/show...utton-Diameter

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    Maybe get a measurement from the hole center to the shell rim. Make one and see how it goes.

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    Quote Originally Posted by hd09 View Post
    Maybe get a measurement from the hole center to the shell rim. Make one and see how it goes.
    good idea!

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    I have a set. The heads are .231".
    Last edited by Alvarez Kelly; 10-23-2016 at 05:59 PM.

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    Thank you for the info!, I'll whip out a set.
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    If you subtract the case head diameter from 0.760 inches you will be pretty close to the pin diameter i.e. within a couple of thousandths. This is because the radius if the pin plus the radius if the case head is fixed by the geometry of the Dillon. This means that the sum of the diameters is constant and is about 0.760 inches.
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BR Bench Rest M Magnum RN Round Nose
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