Alemaniac
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Ok, so in December 2018, I purchased a used RCBS 44 Magnum 3-die carbide set on ebay. It came in an older rounder shaped green box and 79 marked on each die. Two of the dies had the older knurled lock ring style while one had the newer style lock ring (no hole for the little brass lock screw, odd). This set sat in my drawer for the past year.
Fast forward a year later and I've finally decided to reload for that cartridge. I disassembled the dies and proceeded to clean them prior to using and noticed the following: the carbide sizer die has no decapping rod and the expander die has a decapping unit integrated into a mouth expander unit.
Here's a photo of the sizer, expander and seating dies from left to right:
Questions/concerns:
So, it seems this manufacturing style has been revised to not integrate both the decapper and expander? Am I missing pieces? Can I process my brass using what I have and just use the middle die to do two steps in one, safely? Am I going mad?
Thanks everyone,
Alemaniac
Ok, so in December 2018, I purchased a used RCBS 44 Magnum 3-die carbide set on ebay. It came in an older rounder shaped green box and 79 marked on each die. Two of the dies had the older knurled lock ring style while one had the newer style lock ring (no hole for the little brass lock screw, odd). This set sat in my drawer for the past year.
Fast forward a year later and I've finally decided to reload for that cartridge. I disassembled the dies and proceeded to clean them prior to using and noticed the following: the carbide sizer die has no decapping rod and the expander die has a decapping unit integrated into a mouth expander unit.
Here's a photo of the sizer, expander and seating dies from left to right:
Questions/concerns:
So, it seems this manufacturing style has been revised to not integrate both the decapper and expander? Am I missing pieces? Can I process my brass using what I have and just use the middle die to do two steps in one, safely? Am I going mad?
Thanks everyone,
Alemaniac