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I finally got around to checking out my herters 30 -30 die set. Just resized a case and the neck is way to big! Pulled the die apart and the expander button measures .319. Is there a wildcat round like this? Can I just turn down this expander? Can I get parts for these dies? Sorry for all the questions never had this happen.
 
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Herters wouldn't have, but somebody else might have in the almost 40 years since Herters went out of business.

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Wow, I had an old 30-30 die that had a simular modification. I bought it at a yard sale and when I tried to resize a case, it was way bigger! Must have been a rather common thing going on 30 or 40 yrs. ago?
 
Without seeing it, Yes.

There might be something different about the Herters expander I don't remember anymore.
But I think they were just about like all the rest of them back then.
Seen one, ya seen'em all.

As such, you should be able to turn it down. However, a lathe would sure come in handy to take off that much evenly.

It needs to be about .3055" to .306" for the 30-30.

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The lathe part is no problem, I'm a machinist so 10 minutes on a lathe at work is no biggie. I wasn't sure if the die would have been modified any more to resize the .32.
 
I don't know if it has or not.

If you resize a fired 30-30 case without the expander in the die, does the die resize the case neck?

If it does, it would seem you still have a 30-30 sizing die.

I don't know where you got the old Herters dies?
But it could be possible your dies got put together for eBay out of somebodys reloading bence junque box.

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The expander in my Herters 30-30 dies is .304. Try sizing one with the expander out to make sure the die hasn't been modified. If it sizes it down to .304 inside, or a little less, you should be good to go if you turn the expander down. If the die has been modified too, you are putted.
 
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