Lee collet crimp dies for pistol cases

[44magLeo]

For those of you that don't like Lee's factory crimp die for straight walled pistol cases Lee is making the collet crimp die for some of them.
I was cruising Ebay and found one for the 44 Mag. I checked on the Lee website and they are making these dies for 44 mag, 45 Colt, 460 and 500S&W, 357 Mag. They list the 357 Herrett, 41 Mag and 45 Blazer under custom overruns.
They list them at $15.98 each. The three custom overruns may be more. On Midway they sell for $17.98 including s/h. Ebay $17.99 with s/h.
I got one coming off Ebay.
I think this one will work much better than the carbide version did. I have one and don't like it. It resizes the whole case as well as crimps. This leaves cast boolits loose in the case.
When it comes in I'll give it a try and report back.
Leo

[DougGuy]

Here's what I did with mine in .44 mag and .45 Colt:

http://castboolits.gunloads.com/showthread.php?201449-Question-about-type-of-crimp-required&p=2239315&viewfull=1#post2239315

[44magLeo]

So apparently they have been making these collet type crimp dies for awhile. When I found them on Ebay I thought it was something new.
When I get the one I ordered I'll look at modding it like you did.
Leo

[JonB_in_Glencoe]

RanchDog was having them made by Lee and reselling them on his website along with his RanchDog style molds for several years.

[jmort]

I have a couple .357 collet dies and like them a lot.

[Shawn2571]

Does it leave those funny groove marks around the case mouth like factory rifle has? Don't think I would like that, but I need to do something because several of my .500 S&W rounds won't chamber in my Handi rifle because the bullet buldges the case while seating it. Some say a crimp die may fix this? I just don't know which one to get? They don't make a regular factory crimp die for the .500 only the steel collet style.