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alicevirgin
06-24-2018, 08:48 PM
I just bought what I thought was small base 308 winchester dies on eBay. The price was 20 dollars and no shipping so I swooped on it. Wel,l after looking at the pictures a little better it has 300 win stamped on the die. It's listed as 308 winchester small base 15503. There isn't another picture of them And I can't be sure it doesn't say 300 win mag or 300 winchester short. I'm hoping he posted the wrong picture on eBay. He hasn't responded to my message yet.

Is there any owners out there that can clear this up for me?

country gent
06-24-2018, 08:57 PM
my 308 win small base die is stamped on the top in a circular line 308 win sb. look at it with a magnifying glass since the stamping is smaller letters. Another way to know is look up the 2 cartridges in your loading manual For the shoulders datum line length. run a dowel in the die and mark at base measure it. ANother is measure the hole size in the bottom of the die just inside the radius 308 should be .473 or so 300 min mag is bigger.

alicevirgin
06-24-2018, 09:07 PM
Perfect thanks for advice I'll do that.

Marlin356
06-25-2018, 10:45 AM
A 300 WM/WSM will not fit in a 308 Win die.