gunboat57
03-21-2014, 05:49 PM
I was having trouble with boolits for my 30-30 Stevens 325B. My Lee 90371 would drop boolits with a .300 bore riding section and .312 bands. When I ran them through my Lyman 450 sizer to get them down to .309, the bore riding section would come out at .305 which made it hard to chamber in my rifle without seating the boolits real deep.
So I took the push rod and adjusting sleeve off the Lyman 450, and took the rod out of the sizing die. I push the boolit down through the die nose first, pushing on the gas check with the top punch. When the top punch has pushed the boolit as far as it can, then I push on the boolit with the die's rod to shove it out the bottom. The convex end of the die rod is centered by the top punch. The boolit and the die rod fall right out.
Now my boolits are .309 but still have a .300 nose section. Gas checks are squarely seated.
Of course, I have to tumble lube separately. I can only imagine the mess I'd have trying to lube while sizing using this method.
I'm guessing I'm not the only person to do it this way but I thought it was a stroke of genius. Didn't have to buy a Lee sizer die either.
So I took the push rod and adjusting sleeve off the Lyman 450, and took the rod out of the sizing die. I push the boolit down through the die nose first, pushing on the gas check with the top punch. When the top punch has pushed the boolit as far as it can, then I push on the boolit with the die's rod to shove it out the bottom. The convex end of the die rod is centered by the top punch. The boolit and the die rod fall right out.
Now my boolits are .309 but still have a .300 nose section. Gas checks are squarely seated.
Of course, I have to tumble lube separately. I can only imagine the mess I'd have trying to lube while sizing using this method.
I'm guessing I'm not the only person to do it this way but I thought it was a stroke of genius. Didn't have to buy a Lee sizer die either.