Can one use a set of pistol dies in a "large" handle?
I have a "large" aluminum handle with 45-70 dies and adapter. I was wondering if I could use the small dies for pistol cartridges with it?
Thanks!
Can one use a set of pistol dies in a "large" handle?
I have a "large" aluminum handle with 45-70 dies and adapter. I was wondering if I could use the small dies for pistol cartridges with it?
Thanks!
I have used my 38 super dies in the large handles. Shorter cartridge dies may not thread in far enough to to be usable.
Scott
Last edited by dsh1106; 08-07-2018 at 09:42 PM.
Scott
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Some listings for die sets used to say they could be used with either type handle. I think you will probably run into difficulty when you try your dies in calibers such as 9 mm, 380, 32 S&W and other short cases. I'm going to say flatly, you won't be able to load 32 or 25 ACP with large handles. OTOH, I would be pretty optimistic about 45 Colt, 357 Mag, etc.
Froggie
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I’ll give the 357 dies a try tonight. I believe I have a full set of dies with the adapter
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C | Compressed Charge | PR | Primer | SPCL | Soft Point "Core-Lokt" |
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