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.257 wildcat build
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<blockquote data-quote="AZShooter" data-source="post: 1162669" data-attributes="member: 5219"><p>Try to shorten your shell holder first. I have done that many times. Carefully use the side of the grinder wheel for an more even cut. Be sure to wear eye protection, a face shield would be even better. Hold it with some vice grips and cool the shell holder often. (you are not supposed to use the side of a grinding wheel as they say in the literature it could come apart. I have never encountered it but you never know)</p><p></p><p>Now lets say you grind the upper lip so thin it won't hold up when you try to pull the sized case back out. With some effort you can slide the ground down shell holder sideways and out of the press. Then place an unaltered shell holder to pull the case from the die. It works, I KNOW because I have pulled the thin lip right off! <grin></p><p></p><p>If altering the shell holder doesn't work, you could shorten a FL die . I have purchased two sets of dies in the past and hacked one up to serve a purpose. If you do try to cut a RCBS die they are case hardened. A carbide tool bit will go through the "skin" but man what an orange light show! Afterwards you will have to face and polish the opening. You could do the whole thing by grinding but at the end you still have to figure out how to taper the mouth and make it smooth.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AZShooter, post: 1162669, member: 5219"] Try to shorten your shell holder first. I have done that many times. Carefully use the side of the grinder wheel for an more even cut. Be sure to wear eye protection, a face shield would be even better. Hold it with some vice grips and cool the shell holder often. (you are not supposed to use the side of a grinding wheel as they say in the literature it could come apart. I have never encountered it but you never know) Now lets say you grind the upper lip so thin it won't hold up when you try to pull the sized case back out. With some effort you can slide the ground down shell holder sideways and out of the press. Then place an unaltered shell holder to pull the case from the die. It works, I KNOW because I have pulled the thin lip right off! <grin> If altering the shell holder doesn't work, you could shorten a FL die . I have purchased two sets of dies in the past and hacked one up to serve a purpose. If you do try to cut a RCBS die they are case hardened. A carbide tool bit will go through the "skin" but man what an orange light show! Afterwards you will have to face and polish the opening. You could do the whole thing by grinding but at the end you still have to figure out how to taper the mouth and make it smooth. [/QUOTE]
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