I have 2 (yup....count 'em TWO) 358 sizer dies - one is marked Star, San Diego and the other is marked Magma.
BOTH of them are scratching the drive bands on the bullets. Not really bad, but they are there.
I'll send them to Lathesmith to polish, but my question is ....can I still shoot the sized and lubed bullets that are scratched on the drive bands? Again, not scratched really bad but scratched.
Thanks!
Collector and shooter of guns and other items that require a tax stamp, Lead and brass scrounger. Never too much brass, lead or components in inventory! Always looking to win beauty contests with my reloads.
You can shoot them. I've seen bullets from well wore & improperly lubed dies that were anything but smooth on the driving surfaces which shot ok.
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