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<blockquote data-quote="LRHWAL" data-source="post: 386298" data-attributes="member: 5418"><p>Slight marks on the outside of the case are quite normal, depending on how your collett fingers close and on how thick your brass is etc. </p><p></p><p>The important dimension is the OD of the mandrel, but you need to check that your collett fingers are not closed and it sounds like yours are. That comes from running the ram up (Shellholder) against the bottom of the collett without a case inserted. It closes the finders and jams them that way. I'd guess that's why you destroyed the other cases, but not yours. The case neck couldn't get between the mandrel and collett fingers properly.</p><p></p><p>You need to take it apart and open the fingers with a punch (gently) and pop a touch of grease on the outside of the collett and reassemble.</p><p></p><p>Most of this is in the instructions as I recall. Do you have them?</p><p></p><p>Not saying it's not a defect as I haven't seen it, but I think that will fix things.</p><p></p><p>As an aside, I'm not a die hard Lee die fan, but when a product works I use it. The ammo produced with my Lee Collett shot a 5mm 3 shot group at 100m last week (300 WM). Most of my testing is at 200-300m and often off a bipod. 1/2 MOA is very common 3/4 MOA almost a given. </p><p></p><p>My lightweight 270 has done a best of 18mm at 300m, but that's not representative. 3/4 to 1 MOA out to 300m is regularly achieved. </p><p></p><p>I've seen badly made Lee dies and some that wouldn't work as intended, yes, but I think yours is readily "fixable".</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="LRHWAL, post: 386298, member: 5418"] Slight marks on the outside of the case are quite normal, depending on how your collett fingers close and on how thick your brass is etc. The important dimension is the OD of the mandrel, but you need to check that your collett fingers are not closed and it sounds like yours are. That comes from running the ram up (Shellholder) against the bottom of the collett without a case inserted. It closes the finders and jams them that way. I'd guess that's why you destroyed the other cases, but not yours. The case neck couldn't get between the mandrel and collett fingers properly. You need to take it apart and open the fingers with a punch (gently) and pop a touch of grease on the outside of the collett and reassemble. Most of this is in the instructions as I recall. Do you have them? Not saying it's not a defect as I haven't seen it, but I think that will fix things. As an aside, I'm not a die hard Lee die fan, but when a product works I use it. The ammo produced with my Lee Collett shot a 5mm 3 shot group at 100m last week (300 WM). Most of my testing is at 200-300m and often off a bipod. 1/2 MOA is very common 3/4 MOA almost a given. My lightweight 270 has done a best of 18mm at 300m, but that's not representative. 3/4 to 1 MOA out to 300m is regularly achieved. I've seen badly made Lee dies and some that wouldn't work as intended, yes, but I think yours is readily "fixable". [/QUOTE]
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