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Buying used dies?
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<blockquote data-quote="baldhunter" data-source="post: 722453" data-attributes="member: 11853"><p>This it what I found out about dies.The reamer used to cut the size,starts out as the plus tolerance and it's used until it reaches the minus tolerance as it wears down.I had a new die that was on the plus tolerance size that would not resize the brass enough on a tight chambered rifle.I never had a problem using it with other rifles of the same caliber.I was thinking I had a rifle issue and was about ready to take it in to a gunsmith since it was a used rifle with a new barrel.I bought a nice clean old set on Ebay and it sized the brass perfectly for that rifle.So my answer to you question is,a long as they are clean,you should not have a problem with a used set of dies.I've bought several sets on Gunbroker and Ebay without issue,in fact I really prefer the older RCBS dies with the steel allen screw on the aluminum lock ring over the soft brass allen screws the new ones have.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="baldhunter, post: 722453, member: 11853"] This it what I found out about dies.The reamer used to cut the size,starts out as the plus tolerance and it's used until it reaches the minus tolerance as it wears down.I had a new die that was on the plus tolerance size that would not resize the brass enough on a tight chambered rifle.I never had a problem using it with other rifles of the same caliber.I was thinking I had a rifle issue and was about ready to take it in to a gunsmith since it was a used rifle with a new barrel.I bought a nice clean old set on Ebay and it sized the brass perfectly for that rifle.So my answer to you question is,a long as they are clean,you should not have a problem with a used set of dies.I've bought several sets on Gunbroker and Ebay without issue,in fact I really prefer the older RCBS dies with the steel allen screw on the aluminum lock ring over the soft brass allen screws the new ones have. [/QUOTE]
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