RayinNH
10-02-2010, 09:53 PM
Like most of you here, I have the assortment of case belling dies. I use a Lyman M die for the 7.62 x 54, an RCBS belling die for the Krag and I also have a Lee die with the two pins. Once they're set I don't like messing with them.
I was reloading some 7mm Mauser shells the other day and figured I have to readjust the Lee die for them. I was looking the dies over and took out a Lee 30-40 Krag case sizing die that had a broken decapping pin and on a lark and ran the case up onto the expanding pin and it worked very well. The long gradual taper opened up the case easily. Once the die was set belling proceeded quickly.
I'm sure other combinations can be found among the Lee die sets, maybe 8mm for 30 cals. etc.
I was reloading some 7mm Mauser shells the other day and figured I have to readjust the Lee die for them. I was looking the dies over and took out a Lee 30-40 Krag case sizing die that had a broken decapping pin and on a lark and ran the case up onto the expanding pin and it worked very well. The long gradual taper opened up the case easily. Once the die was set belling proceeded quickly.
I'm sure other combinations can be found among the Lee die sets, maybe 8mm for 30 cals. etc.