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Die recommendation? .308 Norma Mag
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<blockquote data-quote="ntsqd" data-source="post: 1938094" data-attributes="member: 93138"><p>Looking for a die set for a .308 Norma Mag build. Was thinking of a Redding Type S (Elite?) + the Lee collet die, but Redding doesn't offer them in that caliber. I'm finding listings for Redding std dies, but not Comp type seater dies and they say that they won't make any until they have an order for 25 of them! Anyone else make a similar seater die?</p><p></p><p>I'd need to closely compare the SAMMI dwgs, but it has occurred to me that I might be able to modify a .300 WIN Comp Seater die to work. Surface grinder + Spindex means that unless made of diamonds I <u>can</u> modify the die. Whether I should or not is a different question.</p><p></p><p>Lee doesn't offer the collet die COTS, but will make it custom. They can't/won't make the collet sizer die w/o some fired cases and I'm ~20 weeks away from having a barrel. And chambering the barrel requires 3 dummy loads. Chicken, meet egg. </p><p>I have some ~30 year old brass that I can possibly get bullets to seat in (they possibly were resized a <em>long</em> time ago), but I'll have to do something wacky like use a .300 Wby seater die to get there. and it may require red Lock-tite to hold the bullets in place.</p><p></p><p>No point in saying "Just go with a .300 Win" or similar because I am <strong><em>not</em></strong> interested. There's an emotional attachment to this chambering that won't be swayed by practicality.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ntsqd, post: 1938094, member: 93138"] Looking for a die set for a .308 Norma Mag build. Was thinking of a Redding Type S (Elite?) + the Lee collet die, but Redding doesn't offer them in that caliber. I'm finding listings for Redding std dies, but not Comp type seater dies and they say that they won't make any until they have an order for 25 of them! Anyone else make a similar seater die? I'd need to closely compare the SAMMI dwgs, but it has occurred to me that I might be able to modify a .300 WIN Comp Seater die to work. Surface grinder + Spindex means that unless made of diamonds I [U]can[/U] modify the die. Whether I should or not is a different question. Lee doesn't offer the collet die COTS, but will make it custom. They can't/won't make the collet sizer die w/o some fired cases and I'm ~20 weeks away from having a barrel. And chambering the barrel requires 3 dummy loads. Chicken, meet egg. I have some ~30 year old brass that I can possibly get bullets to seat in (they possibly were resized a [I]long[/I] time ago), but I'll have to do something wacky like use a .300 Wby seater die to get there. and it may require red Lock-tite to hold the bullets in place. No point in saying "Just go with a .300 Win" or similar because I am [B][I]not[/I][/B] interested. There's an emotional attachment to this chambering that won't be swayed by practicality. [/QUOTE]
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