It's great for all those in between sizes. It does seem harder to set up, though. The die body is inserted up from the bottom, screwing up into the press head and the top tube cylinder is screwed down onto that from the top. The sizer bushing fits into the bottom of the die body. Both the cylinder and bushing is held in position with allen head set screws. It also seems to take a little more pressure to push the bullets through. The sizing bushing sits low in the press and doesn't adjust up high enough to use the presses full mechanical advantage. If just starting out, this is the system to get for a cheaper alternative to buying Lee sizing dies for each and every size.
It's great for all those in between sizes. It does seem harder to set up, though. The die body is inserted up from the bottom, screwing up into the press head and the top tube cylinder is screwed down onto that from the top. The sizer bushing fits into the bottom of the die body. Both the cylinder and bushing is held in position with allen head set screws. It also seems to take a little more pressure to push the bullets through. The sizing bushing sits low in the press and doesn't adjust up high enough to use the presses full mechanical advantage. If just starting out, this is the system to get for a cheaper alternative to buying Lee sizing dies for each and every size.
The detailed instruction sheet with photos is displayed on the NOE web site. I have been using the NOE push through sizer kit for about a year now and have bushings for 30, 7mm and most recently 224 cals. Both base and nose bushings for each. Like it a lot.
And yes the short vertical stroke of the press handle when nose sizing takes a little getting "used to." But after a few sizing strokes one can feel the stroke stop at the bullet driving bands. And for a smoother stroke, I roll the bullets over an STP impregnated pad. One of the neat advantages of this system is that now one can not only fit the base bands to the throat but also the nose of a bore rider cast bullet. This allows one to use a bullet design that couldn't otherwise be loaded because of the over size nose. And the bushings tend to "uniform" the diameter of the noses as well.
Also, I have found that both the nose bushings, available in .001" increments, and base sizing bushings are dead nuts on. However, the entrance of the nose size bushings need to be radius-ed a little bit to prevent the lead from shaving.
I'll try to post a photo of a nose sized RCBS 7mm-145-SIL after sizing down .003".
