Productive arvo

[WARDY91]

Do today my dasher resize reamer finally arrived from ptg straight down the shed to start making my new full length bushing die. Found a piece of 4140 and got to it. More photos come come once it's done.

[chris.tyne]

Great work Wardy,hey is that a Kiff Mars stop,if it is how do you find it?

[WARDY91]

Yeah mate it is one of the Mars kits. I don't know what I would do without it now I've got one. Set it 25-30" short of the go gauge shoulder cut until it stops measure once adjust and cut the perfect final depth. Great for setting crush fit for fire form barrels too.

[trevort]

What size dasher

[WARDY91]

Its going to be a 6mm in this case for my 1000yd benchrest gun. A 22 and 20 reamer and barrels will be on the list for later this year.

[trevort]

and you make you own dies? doesnt the die reamer for the FL or body die need be a poopteenth smaller?

[JD]

Do today my dasher resize reamer finally arrived from ptg straight down the shed to start making my new full length bushing die. Found a piece of 4140 and got to it. More photos come come once it's done.

Yep. I reckon that's what he means about a resize reamer.

I have to get on the lathe soon to make up a push through bullet sizer and also a stepped neck expander. Handy having the tools.

[WARDY91]

Yeah as JD said the resize reamer is .0025 smaller than the chamber reamer on the body & .006 on the neck but I'm using bushings so that is of no real importance.

Having all the tools makes this sort of stuff real easy that's for sure.

[Camel]

You bastards with all the gear and skills to make this sort of thing give me the shits about my lack of ability, but at least I can cook a good pie.


Now a quick question if you don't mind.

I have several 5/8 super simplex seating dies for 22 calibre, I want one for my 338 and 7mm, would it be feasible to drill the 22 cal ones out to make them into the correct size. These are hunting rifles so I am not too worried about a little run out. Yeah I could buy them, but thought this might just do the job. What do ya reckon ?

[WARDY91]

Camel I can't see why not it would just depend on what they re made from.

[Camel]

Thanks mate, I reckon it would be a reasonably simple job, they are hardened but a quick anneal, drill them out and then heat and quench in some oil would probably do the job, its not as if I was going to do it to any of my Redding or RCBS dies. Will give it a go today. Might even get adventurous and try making a couple of correct sized seating stems.

[trevort]

You bastards with all the gear and skills to make this sort of thing give me the shits about my lack of ability, but at least I can cook a good pie.

I'm sure I've said that more than once. Apart from the pie bit. I've never made a pie

Sorry missed the resize bit

SO if you used your chamber reamer and a bushing then you would have a comp bushing neck die as the body wouldn't be sized just the neck. What about a seater, do you make one of those too.

And yes, you got the next question in advance

Do you take orders?

[WARDY91]

Trevort I will be making a bushing bump die with the chamber reamer to bump back .001"-.002" max. As for the seater I'm going to use a forster ultra micrometer with the correct seater stem and ream the floating sleeve with the chamber reamer. Once I'm happy with the finished product I will be more than happy to make them if people want.

[trevort]

so if I was building a 20 dasher and bought a forster seater for a 20 Dasher would you still see an advantage reaming the seater sleeve?

And speaking of seating stems, I bought a 20 cal redding seating stem when I made my JAB 20 (which uses converted 223 dies) but it wouldnt fit and I seat the 20 cal pills with the 223 stem and it still can shoot bughole groups

[WARDY91]

The only 20 dasher dies I've come across are the whiddens but they are pretty pricey. The only 204 die forster do are for the 204 ruger. I wouldn't bother reaming a manafuctered they usually make the seater a bit oversize.