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Making .375 Taylor dies....

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13 June 2004, 07:20
MKane160
Making .375 Taylor dies....
Can I use a .375 tapered expander in my standard .338 WM dies to create the .375 Taylor dies? If so, why does RCBS want $234 for a set of .375 Taylor dies?????

MKane160 aka BigDogMK
13 June 2004, 07:40
jeffeosso
RCBS is not tooled for short production runs

there are like 69 bucks from CH4D

jeffe
13 June 2004, 12:18
Ray, Alaska
Quote:

69 bucks from CH4D





$69.00 for a set of .375 Taylor dies? What or who is CH4D?



Thanks.

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I imagine one could use .338WM dies with .375 expander buttons. How about asking that question as the .416 Taylor forum? Here is some loading data for the .375 Taylor, a great wildcat I would not mind having:



http://www.geocities.com/bw_99835/375Taylor.htm



And the .416 Taylor page, where the reloading data above comes from. They have an e-mail address there, too:



http://www.geocities.com/bw_99835/
13 June 2004, 13:58
MuskegMan
It used to be C-H Tool and Die Corp, then became CH-4D.

As they say on their website: "our specialty is wildcat/obsolete caliber reloading dies."

My .375-338 dies cost $60. They are not Redding or RCBS quality, but are quite functional. I would buy wildcat dies from them again and would recommend them to you.

C-H Tool & Die / 4D Custom Dies
13 June 2004, 15:55
MKane160
MuskegMan, do they have the chamber reamer to match? If not, where did you get yours? And, thanks......

MKane160 aka BigDogMK
13 June 2004, 18:16
YUMAN
Huntington lists them as group G dies ar $119.95
Lyle
15 June 2004, 13:30
MuskegMan
I did not cut the chamber myself as I am no machinist. My 'smith used a piloted .338 Win reamer to cut the chamber. This seems like a very easy approach, but there are those who like to do things the "hard way" I suppose.


16 June 2004, 07:41
free_miner
I am not the final authority on Taylor cartridges, but my 416 Taylor did NOT have a 338 body, the shoulder was moved slightly forward and out. So you may want to look pretty careful before ordering off the shelf dies
16 June 2004, 08:29
MuskegMan
Free Miner - you are right, the 375 Taylor is not dimensionally the same as the .375-338. Ballistacally, they are equivalent, and that's why I call my .375-338 a 375 Taylor. I was under the impression from MKane160, that he had not cut the chamber yet.
17 June 2004, 00:14
MKane160
All:

No, I have not chambered the rifle yet. But, I did find a reamer for rent at CH4D, where the dies are, also. So I think all the hedging is over. Hopefully, I'll be able to post some load development data for it in a couple of months. It's looking like this: M1999 MRC action, Shilen #4 CM barrel, McMillan Supergrade stock, Zeiss 3-9X40 in German #4 reticle.....

MKane160 aka BigDogMK