bye-bye 223 Moving on to another caliber.

[RicinYakima]

What Ian said!!!

Fiver, buy a Harrell's Brothers press. I asked them why their presses were so expensive for such a simple design. "Because our holes are straight and square."

 

[Bret4207]

change out the rubber ring for a lock ring that locks.
or flip the rubber part over and use a second ring as a lock.
then your golden on the crimp.

Wait...you mean I'm not the only one that has had the "incredible growing COAL" phenomenon? I've always been kind of shy of really cranking the Lee rings down after mangling one.

 

[fiver]

man i lusted over a Harells so hard for quite a while.
i finally come to the conclusion that i have maybe 2 rifles that would benefit from that level of precision.
the rest just get ammo better than they can shoot.

 

[popper]

i set my dies. break them free, turn the whole thing and loosen the lock, then re-tighten it not against the press.

Same here. I screw in the die by hand and then use channel locks to 'seat' it. Lee classic cast SS press, it doesn't cam-over so the ram stop sets the sizer. Problem with Lee rings - they move when putting in the press. So far the sizer is right for all my semi autos. I have had to grind the bottom of a die to get sizing right a few times.