Okay,
So a couple members here were kind enough to trade me/send me a good sample of 311284 and 311299 boolits for me to size, check, and lube for my .30-06. I'm shooting a M70 Classic FWT SS/Walnut which slugged out at .3095. I have a .311" sizing die in my Lyman 4500. The trouble comes when I'm trying to seat the boolits. The upper end of my Redding standard seating die doesn't allow my cast boolits to go into the die! When I "slugged" the upper end of the die it came out with a measurement of .309", great for .308" diameter jacketed bullets, not so much for my .311" cast boolits. What do you guys do in this situation? I read through the thread on die modifications, but I'm not a machinist, nor do I have access to the tools, I'd bugger up the dies even if I did. Should I purchase another die and have it honed out? There's a Forster Ultra BR .30-06 seating die for sale on another site I frequent for a VERY good price, I might buy it and have them ream out the floating chamber to .311" for me. Would that be a possible solution? Do I need a separate die for cast boolits? How many of you have separate dies for cast and jacketed? Thanks!
Selmerfan