I just bought an antique single shot BP rifle. It is chambered in 8.15x46R. I have ordered the correct cases for it and a 8mm mould from Lee. My question is do I really need to buy dies for it?
My reasoning is IF the fire formed cases provide enough resistance/friction to hold the boolit in place, I may not need dies. I can make inserts for my Lee universal expander. One to expand the case so I don’t shave the boolit if needed and another to use to seat the boolit. Since I load one at a time, as long as I am careful, I shouldn’t need a crimp, except maybe to reform the case neck if it was expanded, to insert the boolit. Of course they will always be used in the same gun and I will not be loading a tremendous amount.
Am I missing something? Do I really need to invest in dies?