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Lee collet dies and the .22 K Hornet

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02 March 2006, 18:19
Bushchook
Lee collet dies and the .22 K Hornet
Have read a few posts here that suggest that the standard .22 Hornet Lee collet die will work OK on the K Hornet . Tried it today and despite adjustments could not make it work without crushing the case . thumbdown
BTW the Lee Hornet bullet seater is bloody hopeless with some projectiles .


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03 March 2006, 07:53
338guy
I haven't tried the Lee collet die but I do have a set of RCBS FL K hornet dies and a Redding neck die. I especially like the Redding Neck die and I find my accuracy has improved since I got it. The RCBS FL dies were sizing down the cases slightly.
03 March 2006, 08:33
flutedchamber
I have used the Lee collet die for the regular Hornet with great success. If you send the die back to Lee with a few cases, they will rework it to work with your K Hornet.


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03 March 2006, 17:48
Bushchook
Ordered a Redding 3 die set today . Too much hassle to send my Lee die back to the manufacturer from Oz . Did like the collet die though .


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04 March 2006, 02:52
Stonecreek
Nope, I've tried it and the Lee Collet die will almost but not quite work with the K-case. In theory, it should be a fairly simple amatuer machinist process to drill out the shoulder area of the collet with the properly-sized bit to allow the K-hornet to enter far enough, but having a drill bit hard enough to drill the hardened steel is another matter. I may give it a try when I have some time to kill.