Hello, gentlemen. I've been reading the forum for awhile and appreciate the helpful information here.

Forgive me if my question is in the archives already -I didn't have the time currently to do a search.

Anyone else have trouble getting Lee carbide pistol dies to stay put using that rubber O-ring on the locking nut? I thought I might turn the nuts upside down and snug them up with a wrench so they would be metal to metal with the press. Think this might keep the dies from moving?

Thanks for all replies!

It should work like any other nut. It sounds a lot less expensive than buying new nuts.

I've been using lee dies for awhile now and I haven't had any problems. I spin the die by hand just unit the nut contacks the press. Then I grab the nut only and tighten it with my fingers and have yet to have problems. When I take the die off, I grab the nut again and get it loose then finish by grabbing the die itself. I always Check the first bullet or two just to make sure nothing has moved, but I do that regaurdless of brand of dies.

I have never had a problem with Lee DIES, but that is probably because the first thing I do to a new set is THROW AWAY THE STUPID O-RING LOCKNUT AND REPLACE IT WITH A SPLIT NUT W/CROSS LOCK SCREW!!!!!!!

I dont' care for the Lee lock rings at all. They are too easy to move out of place and too difficult to lock into place. I would advise purchasing some aftermarket lock rings with a hexhead crossbolt (and hex shoulders are nice, too).

I repace with split rings from RCBS dies.

That's funny! I throw away the lock rings and replace with Lee rings right off the bat. I don't like my nuts that tight in the first place but then I'm a rifle shooter...

The O-ring is self adjusting for press misaliagnment.But they don't hold all that well,so I use a second Lee locknut as a jamnut.

I hate Lee dies but their lock nuts are invaluable for squaring dies in the average press that is misaligned. I had one press in which the only way to properly line up dies was with the Lee rings. The only negative is you have to take 30 seconds longer to set up a die each and every time. The positive is that it aligns a die properly each time as opposed to the rings that are locked on the die and may misalign when removed and replaced.

[ 05-17-2003, 21:34: Message edited by: Bob338 ]