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Ive been happy with the lee collet die so far and have not had to bump shoulders yet. But planning to.
instead of a body die, can one use FL of a slightly larger caliber with the decapping pin removed?
For instance, a 30-06 FL die for a 270 shoulder bump, or a 280ai die for a 6.5-06ai?
Or would the small area of unsized brass around the base of the neck be detrimental?
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I use a 7mm-08 FL die as a body die for 243 all the time. Comparing the SAAMI drawings for the cartridges showed me the critical dimensions/angles would be right.
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The 270 and the 30-06 are different.
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The 270 and the 30-06 are different. Only in the neck length, the datum is the same. Cheers.
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Ive been happy with the lee collet die so far and have not had to bump shoulders yet. But planning to.
instead of a body die, can one use FL of a slightly larger caliber with the decapping pin removed?
For instance, a 30-06 FL die for a 270 shoulder bump, or a 280ai die for a 6.5-06ai?
Or would the small area of unsized brass around the base of the neck be detrimental? Do it all the time... a 270 can use an 06 die as a body die.. it just has to be adjusted slightly due to the 270 being a hair longer..bring one down on a dummy round..and set it...
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I also do it all the time also. I take all the guts out of the FL die using the same caliber die I am loading for, set the shoulders back .002 and then bush the necks down for proper tension.
Unless I am missing something, why are you using a die from another caliber? Not that it won't work, given the dimensions are correct, just curious. Or do you not have the correct die set?
Last edited by 89tenbus; 03/13/14.
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