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10 September 2006, 21:25
Reloader2
RCBS shell holders with Lee dies
Can RCBS shell holders be used with Lee Collet dies?
10 September 2006, 21:34
mho
A Collet die does not require a special shell holder. If your press accepts standard shell holders, RCBS will do fine.

There is the odd (1:1000000, maybe), that a particular shellholder might be a bit high or low for use with a Collet die, and thus make the collet close a bit prematurely or late, but I have never run into this. If this should be the case, it is unlikely to be attributed to the particular make of the shell holder.

- mike


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11 September 2006, 05:21
grizz
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There is the odd (1:1000000, maybe), that a particular shellholder might be a bit high or low for use with a Collet die, and thus make the collet close a bit prematurely or late, but I have never run into this. If this should be the case, it is unlikely to be attributed to the particular make of the shell holder.



Huh? Any variation in shell holder thickness,(height), would be compensated for by adjustiing the body of the die higher or lower. ANY shell holder can be used, even the forster bonanza co-ax shell holders work.


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11 September 2006, 06:06
mho
quote:
Originally posted by grizz:
Huh? Any variation in shell holder thickness,(height), would be compensated for by adjustiing the body of the die higher or lower. ANY shell holder can be used, even the forster bonanza co-ax shell holders work.

Very likely true. I use a Co-Ax with my Collet dies, so I'm aware of that press and its shellholder arrangement.
- mike


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