Collet die

[M1NM]

Anybody use this for your belted magnums? (3rd item down) http://www.larrywillis.com/

[fguffey]

"Anybody use this for your belted magnums?"

No, I do have a couple of lathes with collets, problem, when I find belted magnum cases that have expanded in front of the belt I also find the same case has an expanded case head and the extractor groove has expanded by as much as .008". I am not the fan of using cases that have been hammered,

I was asked to get involved in forming cases for a wildcat chamber, We started with 200 plus cases, I was asked to bring the other #4 RCBS shell holder, 40 of the belted cases would not fit the #4 shell holder. I used a ball peen gasket cutting hammer to install the cases that fit the other shell holder. Ever one involved has at least two lathe with collets, after determining the cases were swollen ahead of the belt because of heavy loads/abuse, no one was interested in using the cases.

F. Guffey