Quick RCBS Die Question

[wanderinwalker]

Okay, I'm in need of a replacement die for my .260 Remington. (Scratched the old full-length die; not sure how that happened, but oh well.) I'm looking at getting just a neck-sizing die instead of another FL die. Currently looking at the LEE Collet and the RCBS dies. LEE advertises their collet dies as negating the need for lubing cases, so if I can skip this step, I would prefer to!

Now the question: Do you need to lube the cases with the RCBS neck die or not?

 

[The Bushmaster]

Have you asked RCBS about this???

 

[Ross]

I prefer to lube when I necksize, as that eases the tendency to stretch the case.
If your scratched die is RCBS brand, they will polish or replace it under warranty. It will cost you only the shipping cost to Oroville.

The call is free, too.
Cheers from Darkest California, (There are bright spots.)
Ross

 

[The Bushmaster]

"Bright Spots"?? Ross? Where????

 

[Uncle Don]

I prefer to lube when I necksize, as that eases the tendency to stretch the case.
If your scratched die is RCBS brand, they will polish or replace it under warranty. It will cost you only the shipping cost to Oroville.

The call is free, too.
Cheers from Darkest California, (There are bright spots.)
Ross

Both companies will do that, but with the Collet sizer, there is no benefit to lubing. A collet pushes the neck against a mandrel in the middle of the die as opposed to a bushing. The collet works for me because the manderel in the middle is concentric with the flash hole. When finished, the inside diameter of the neck is perfectly round with any case wall inaccuracy to the outside. With a bushing system, it is reversed so when the bullet goes in the case, it's going in to a non concentric hole and has to make it so for the bullet to fit.

 

[Ross]

"Bright Spots"?? Ross? Where????
He HE! I live about three miles from the RCBS Customer Service Desk, which is next door to Huntington.
I am truly blessed.
Cheers, Ross

 

[Rockstar]

Eureka! I'm with Uncle Don on this one!

 

[Rico567]

Getting back to your scratched die, some years ago I scratched my RCBS .223 size die (sized some dirty cases). I was about ready to order a new die, but then I thought about how I'd been polishing the barrel of a new rifle. I managed to chuck into my electric drill a cleaning brush on a section of old rod. covered the brush with a patch or two, and put J-B Bore Paste (which is some kind of real fine abrasive, about like rouge) on the patch, and ran about five of those in the die until they got real black. Tried sizing some more cases = no scratches! I loaded up those cases and ran them through my semiauto to make sure my fix hadn't taken too much metal from the inside of the die. No problems.

Of course, you may have scratched the die so bad this won't work, but it may be cheaper than buying new.