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Leverdude wrote:I've used my 44/40 LFC die many times for 44Mag without issue. Like I think I said, I very rarely, never really, use my pistol LFC dies anymore. I had a batch of 357's that the carbide ring sized the bullet so much I could spin the bullet with my fingers. As mentioned, brass springs back more than lead or even jacketed bullets.
That got me wondering, if you can use a .44/40 FCD for a .44 Magnum, is there a Lee FCD of 'rifle' type one could use for a .357 Magnum...?
.357 Maximum?
.35 Remington after some major die surgery?
1886 wrote:For $29.00 and 2 dummy cases, Lee will make you a rifle type crimp die. IMO, the rifle type die is a superior design. Do not let the tech. staff tell you the die can not be made. Lee has made this die for the .44 mag. and the .45 Colt for me. The FCD for the .44-40 could probably be made to work. I think leverluver has used the .44-40 die with the .44 mag. God Bless, 1886.
Think they'd make one for .357 Magnum...?
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There is a Lee Crimp die for .38/357mag that not only crimps it re-sizes the loaded round (CP 180 FNGC are .358) so they chamber perfectly. Pretty neat piece.
JP_TX wrote:There is a Lee Crimp die for .38/357mag that not only crimps it re-sizes the loaded round (CP 180 FNGC are .358) so they chamber perfectly. Pretty neat piece.
Some do not care for the Lee pistol FCD for that exact reason. The rifle type is aces. 1886.
Last edited by 1886 on Tue Jan 26, 2010 6:45 am, edited 1 time in total.
Leverdude wrote:I've used my 44/40 LFC die many times for 44Mag without issue. Like I think I said, I very rarely, never really, use my pistol LFC dies anymore. I had a batch of 357's that the carbide ring sized the bullet so much I could spin the bullet with my fingers. As mentioned, brass springs back more than lead or even jacketed bullets.
That got me wondering, if you can use a .44/40 FCD for a .44 Magnum, is there a Lee FCD of 'rifle' type one could use for a .357 Magnum...?
.357 Maximum?
.35 Remington after some major die surgery?
1886 wrote:For $29.00 and 2 dummy cases, Lee will make you a rifle type crimp die. IMO, the rifle type die is a superior design. Do not let the tech. staff tell you the die can not be made. Lee has made this die for the .44 mag. and the .45 Colt for me. The FCD for the .44-40 could probably be made to work. I think leverluver has used the .44-40 die with the .44 mag. God Bless, 1886.
Think they'd make one for .357 Magnum...?
Yes they can. You may have to inform them it is possible. 1886.
I don't use the Factory Crimp dies when I reload cast. I size my boolits to fit the bore of my guns and the FC die sizes them down too much. My Puma has an oversize bore, .431" so I load .432" boolits and the Lee die will bring that down to about .430" or so. BTW 44-40 bullets are generally .426" which is waaaay to small for a .44 Special or .44 Mag.
Mike
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