Lee .243 mold

[JonB_in_Glencoe]

"The newer Lee FL rifle dies have what ole Richard calls a
EZ Xpander plug. It has a very gradual taper compared to other brands FL sizer dies."

Yea, that was my idea I sent to them after tearing up one of their little hand presses sizing GI brass. After I finally got the piece of brass out I turned the straight expander down like the EZ Xpander of today and wrote Richard's boy, who got the the credit in Richard's Modern Reloading, 2nd Ed.

I think this is a Déjà vu moment for both of us. I have posted about my use of the EZ Xpander as a case mouth flare die before, and you have posted the above before.
SO, I'm gonna thank you myself, since the Lee's didn't !
It is a great design !

[phantom15]

I've found that since I use a harder alloy for Rifles as well as they typically get a Gas Check, that a neck expander die like the lyman M isn't needed for most of my rifle reloading.


What I do is use a Lee FL size/decap die the next caliber size larger. It the case of 243, I use a 257Rob FL Size die. The newer Lee FL rifle dies have what ole Richard calls a
EZ Xpander plug. It has a very gradual taper compared to other brands FL sizer dies. When properly adjusted make a great case mouth flaring die, doing a much better job than Lee's Universal case mouth flaring die IMHO.

I tried with my .257 Roberts sizing die last night and I think its gonna work just fine.

[madsenshooter]

I think this is a Déjà vu moment for both of us. I have posted about my use of the EZ Xpander as a case mouth flare die before, and you have posted the above before.
SO, I'm gonna thank you myself, since the Lee's didn't !
It is a great design !

I have a lot of those moments anymore. Can't remember everything I've posted as I don't always set things up so I get notifications. If I'm being consistent, then it must not be a lie! That old straight Lee expander would sure stick sometimes!