Discontinued BSS Carbide Die Sets

[aaronraad]

I saw an interesting carbide die the other month produced by Larry Blackmon at some stage during his career. Basically a full diameter body M-type carbide die, but with a steel threaded sleeve 'locked' onto the carbide tenon section to screw into the ram. I'm not sure how much work the die had done, but it looked to be in good condition. Could be a way to avoid post-press-fit lapping to final diameter of the carbide 'insert', if limited to low pressure and careful handling?

I guess Larry decided to have a go at some stage, but decided to stick with steel. If I get some more details/history and images of the die, I'll post a new thread.

So here is a picture(courtesy of my swaging mentor) of Larry's carbide die attempts.



Flat base core seater and point form carbide dies sets in 224, 243 & 308. The 224 & 243 cal point form die is designed for a 0.055" ejection pin & the 308 is designed for a 0.062" ejection pin. Chipping with any carbide die insert is going to be a problem, but you'll probably only see it on an exposed end or X-ray.

[MFG_BOP]

cool! those images give me more ideas... tks aaronraad.

[laveritt]

Larry makes a quality product, no doubt.