can someone please help me find a sizing die for 6.5 cast bullets, google search indicated there is a member that custom made them. thanks
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can someone please help me find a sizing die for 6.5 cast bullets, google search indicated there is a member that custom made them. thanks
What brand sizer will you be using, and what actual size do you want to size your 6.5 bullets?
I am thinking about the NOE system where you buy a die that holds different sized sizers so you can get exactly the diameter you need.
Or maybe Lathesmith try this link.
https://castboolits.gunloads.com/for...-s-Custom-Dies
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Originally Posted by LonO
You should slug your bore and find out the true dimensions.
6.5 can sometimes vary quite a bit smaller or larger.
Get someone to help you slug your rifle bore to see what size die you need plus or minus.
Anyone else care to comment?
Might try Ammohead , he's more of a hobby weekend retired guy though .
I have a couple 6.5s one is happy at .265 the other needs .272 .
I use the NOE system for my 6.5X55 Swede among others. Al makes a great product and the bushings are easily changed.
OK first question is what size do you need ie what diameter does your barrel slug out at.
NOE has the best selection of boolit sizing dies available.
I'm working on 6.5s52 Carcano that slug out at .2695.
I bought a .270 mold from NOE
bought .270 sizing bushings from NOE and polished them out to .272
bought a .278 case neck expander and sanded it down to .272
use a 270 (caliber -- .278) seating die
Made a crimp tool out of a piece of steel flat bar drilling a hole smaller than I needed chamfering one entrance and polishing it to the right size
https://i.imgur.com/BUGe5fk.jpg
set the DIY "factory crimp die" over the loaded boolit
https://i.imgur.com/e5rsK9u.jpg
raised the ram under the seating die to crimp
https://i.imgur.com/QvDyTLA.jpg
then lowered the ram past the pipe to remove the crimp die from the cartridge
https://i.imgur.com/QvDyTLA.jpg