.315 sizer die

creosote

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I do like the bleed hole in the ejector.

Brad, At what step do you prefer to drill the lube holes in the sizer?

Now that it's warming up I can get out,

EXCEPT, we got a puppy. I forgot how much work they are, always had an old dog to help break them in. o_O
I should have reread fivers escapades about Jax.
Mark
 

Brad

Benevolent Overlord and site owner
Staff member
I like to bore them close to final size, say .312 in this case, then drill the lube holes. I then go back to the lather for final honing to size.
Drilling lube holes earlier can lead to the die having almost a ring in it at the location of the lube holes. Waiting until final homed then drilling means burrs will remain that will scar the bullets.

I would love to have a reamer .001 undersized for each size I have made. Drill a bit undersized, drill lube holes, then ream to .001 under final size. Reamer makes hole very round and removes the lube hole burrs.

If only reamers weren’t 25 bucks or more each
 

creosote

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Thanks, that's pretty much the procedure I was thinking of.
I was thinking IF it made a ring, would it matter? But now, seeing it in writing, lube would spuge out, compress precious bullet at different rate, I think anyway? Mark
 

dale2242

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It took me a while to get around to using the .315 die Brad made me.
I used it yesterday and it worked like a charm.
I sized some bullets that were cast in a H&G mold that measured .320 when cast from 50/50 WW/Lino.
They sized down with no problems. I can`t wait to shoot them.
Thanks again Brad for a job well done....dale
 

Brad

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Staff member
Awesome news!
As a rank amateur on the machine tools I always like a happy outcome