Advice with Resizing .25 Bullets/Pellets to .22

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Trying to help someone resize .25 airgun pellets weighing about 30 grains more or less to .224 - .225 for use in a C&B mini revolver.
Airgun pellets are made from pure lead but come in a variety of shapes.
Some have skirts while other don't, and some resemble .22 short bullets.

.25 caliber pellets can measure .251 - .258 out of the tin depending on the company and the design.
With some it's mainly the skirt and the head that need to be resized because they have a wasp waist.
Others are cylindrical like classic .25 pistol bullets except they only weigh 30 grains.

The only intermediate Lee sizing dies available is .243 and the final sizing die at either .224 or .225.
Can the cylindrical lead bullets be sized in 2 steps using a Lee bench press by first going from the .250's to .243, and then re-sizing the rest of the way to .224-5 which is .018 - .019 in one step?

There aren't any other Lee sizing dies in between .243 and .225 in the .230's.
Is resizing by .018 - .019 of lead going from .243 to .224 - 5 doable in a single re-sizing step?

Below is only one example of a .25 pellet that's needed to be resized to .22.

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I would just by 22 cal pellets. They are available in 22 cal, 20 cal, and .177 that I know of. Would be cheaper and faster.

The .22 airgun ammo and bores have a smaller diameter than the .22LR & .22WMR that the Super Companion C&B is based on.
Note that the caliber stated on the label is .217.

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