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Feeling the growing interest or whatever in to guns and reloading, Lee dies has quit taking custom orders and I need one of their push thru bullet size die kits, they used to custom make them for me in the size I needed,
Does anyone know of someone that does this? That I may get one to size .375 boolits?. I like the Lee type is easy to use. Anyone doing something like that .
Please let me know if anyone is doing that ,
Ron
You might contact Lathesmith. He makes excellent dies for the Star machine. Maybe you can send him a Lee .358 push through and have him hone it to your specs...?
NOE has them in stock https://noebulletmolds.com/site/prod...5cal-bushings/
You will need 1 of these to use the NOE bushings https://noebulletmolds.com/site/prod...size-die-body/
Thanks conditor22 but I have nothing to install these in? do these work in a reloading press? the NOE die holder is out of stock. so it goes.
NOE is definitely the way to go. If there are out of stock of the basic die/insert holder, that’s a real bummer. I saw that they were selling some a kits. Maybe they are not exactly the size you need, but you could buy the insert you need. I never have good luck with email with them, but everyone says they responded well by phone.
Give them a call and see what they can do for you.
I have never done it before, but several on here say the Lee dies are easy to lap out to what you want. A quick search should bring up several threads on how to do it.
It looks like Lee is taking custom orders again. They do say 8 week wait, which you may not like. https://leeprecision.com/custom-bullet-sizr-punch.html
While lapping a Lee sizer out .001" or .002" is very easy, it does not appear they make a standard size anywhere close to .375". They do have a .377" in stock, if that is the size you need.
Lee does have the breach lock sizing die in that size in stock. You need to get the breach lock kit and a breach lock press.
Check Titan Reloading. I saw some sizers there a few days ago. Or check FS reloading as well
What are you shooting in .375? I don't think you want to size to groove diameter.
Thanks everyone, to answer some or the members here, I want to shoot cast in the 375 nitro express but look as though the PT&G reamer is only cutting the freebore @ .375. the cast I have are from .3765 -.378 and they anit going in the barrel.
I didn't have ant jacketed bullets although I ordered some to check feeding before I do a chamber cast on it.
Yes the bore diameter .368-.369 and the grooves are .375 according to my slug so .3765 isn't doing it
NOE is out of stock on the bullet dies and Lee wasn't taking any orders as yet and anyway the nearest they had to .375 is .358 that is a big stretch to hone that to size in hard metal or carbide. I will look at FS and Titan , Thanks.
Thanks everyone, to answer some or the members here, I want to shoot cast in the 375 nitro express but look as though the PT&G reamer is only cutting the freebore @ .375. the cast I have are from .3765 -.378 and they anit going in the barrel.
I didn't have ant jacketed bullets although I ordered some to check feeding before I do a chamber cast on it.
Yes the bore diameter .368 and the grooves are .375 according to my slug so .3765 isn't doing it
NOE is out of stock on the bullet dies and Lee wasn't taking any orders as yet and anyway the nearest they had to .375 is .358 that is a big stretch to hone that to size in hard metal or carbide. I will look at FS and Titan , Thanks.