Sizer dies .

[RBHarter]

I don't know if he wants to make it a hobby job but he made a couple of dies for me and I believe got at least part of his tooling from Buckshot .

Ammohead , Bruce Frechette , offered to help me out with sizers for the 6.5×50 Japanese . We had other working arrangements so I can't offer a dollar value , Buckshot got 25 ea for them and appropriate shipping . He made me both an H&I and a push through Lee style . Test bullets were included . He over shot the .272 at .2726 and .273 , after some more shooting and putzing around the over size will be better anyway .
The push through .

The H&I




Just an option to keep in mind for non-standard dies if you're not tooled up to cut your own .

 

[JonB]

This is good to know, not only for non-standard sizes, but also for any size in these times of unavailability !

 

[dale2242]

Brad made me a .315 die.
He did an excellent job.
I don`t know if he is interested in doing more.

 

[glassparman]

I picked up a 4' piece of 7/8x24 rod that I though I would try to do my own. I'm just not sure how to hold the threaded rod in the lathe. Maybe some jam nuts??

 

[Brad]

Holding threaded rod isn’t hard but it is difficult to make it run true. Threads are, by nature, a lose fit.
I have a sleeved threaded 7/8-14 and use a die lock ring as a lock nut. It always shows significant run out.

How well a die can be made using threaded rod is hard so say. I only hold the threads to cut the back bore which is not at all critical. The sizing portion is cut holding the solid portion above the threads so it runs true.

Die blanks from Keith aren’t that expensive and save a ton of time. I need to order another dozen or so.

 

[Devon]

Is Keith still making the blank sizer dies?

 

[Joshua]

At work we cut up aluminum cans and wrap them around the threads. One layer only. Threads will not be damaged. Pop can is amazingly uniform in thickness. Give it a try on any random piece of bolt thread. Crank down pretty tight and then examine the threads. They should not be damaged.