12-17-2003, 05:57 AM
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| Senior Member   Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Cocoa Florida
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|  LEE Factory Crimp Die and Speed Die ROCKS Got my 357mag loading dies yesterday....I ordered the LEE Speed die since I use a single stage press and also ordered the Factory crimp Die. The Speed die is a single die body that you remove or add parts too without removeing the die body from the press....It does seperate deprimeing and resizeing into 2 seperate operations....but overall the die is a simple to use crimps my 9mm and 44mag cartriges tight!! and speeds things up with a single stage press. The factory crimp die was simpe to use...quick...and in the revolver cartige gave the cases a rolled crimp that looks like a pitbull locked on to it......it also resizes the entire cartrige .... incase the bullet buldged the case dureing seating....adjusting the crimp is simple....1 hand operation....I tried very heavy too waht I call medium crimp....no deforeming the cases and the very heavy crimp you can see the caseing cuting into the lead bullets.....pulled a bullet off useing pliers and it took some work....Im hopeing to go shooting today to test them out (unless I get called in for this feaking launch tonight)...so more too follow. |
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12-17-2003, 08:31 AM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Missouri
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| I love those factory crimp dies. I am slowly aquiereng them for every cartridge I load for.
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12-17-2003, 08:43 AM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Too Dang Hot, Arizona
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| Big Dog, I'm a little confused. Does the one Speed die interchange with other calibers or did you have to buy one for each individual caliber?
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12-17-2003, 02:08 PM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Tucson, Mexico
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| They work great! Just ordered another for 8mm. Gotta put a fairly heavy crimp for the Hakim. They take quite a beating. |
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12-17-2003, 02:11 PM
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| Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Cocoa Florida
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| Speed die is for 1 calaber you unscreew the re sizeing ring remove bullet seater as needed |
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12-17-2003, 04:55 PM
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| Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Too Dang Hot, Arizona
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| Ah so...thanks.
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