I got my .358 Win dies in from Midway today. A previous order didn't get delivered. They marked those items as returned, gave me credit, sent another set. I thought that was good CS.
I got the Lee Pacesetter set with Factory Crimp die for cast bullets.
I had a hodge podge of .308 cases, military, foreign, R-P, Win, Fed, etc.. I lubed them with Hodgdon lube, ran them thru the .358 sizer using my Redding Big Boss II. Spit three, the rest did great. I guess I could have used Imperial Die Wax, as I had some.
I had some .243 brass handy from shooting the Pre-64 when it was a .243. This was good quality, relatively new W/W brass.
Why not... I lubed and ran .243 cases into the .358 sizer. Split only one. The rest came out perfect. Didn't take much more muscle than .308's, less than hard old military stuff.
Wonder how many .358 shooter have .243 headstamped brass...?
I have 100 new .358 W/W cases coming. So, some will have the correct headstamp. I'm planning to use the assorted stuff for cast bullets, the good stuff for serious loads.
DF
