Texan 3 stage press

richhodg66

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Well, I feel stupid. Got to thinking today at work that the shell holders in it looked odd and following a hunch when I got home, I went out and a modern shell holder snapped right in to all three of them, so the former owner equipped it with those CH4D adapters, it seems.

I'd like to find a priming stem if I can, even if I don't use it much.
 

fiver

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another option for the powder thing, is to go with a dillon 450 powder through die.
then you can use any of their powder funnels right on your press, with your already purchased powder dump.

the 450 die will mount right on any press with the 7/8's holes and your powder dump just screws right in the top.
the funnel expanders are set in place with a set screw.
super simple, but you gotta use their expander funnel.
 

richhodg66

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I haven't in a while, but seems to me like when I tried it, the Lyman 55 fit pretty well in the Lee powder through expander die.
 

oscarflytyer

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Well, I feel stupid. Got to thinking today at work that the shell holders in it looked odd and following a hunch when I got home, I went out and a modern shell holder snapped right in to all three of them, so the former owner equipped it with those CH4D adapters, it seems.

I'd like to find a priming stem if I can, even if I don't use it much.

on my Baer, I need a very thin brass shim to true up modern shell holders. The press has set screws for the shell holders, and it tends to tilt the modern holders a tad. The thin brass shim works great.