Lucky Strike
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My dad's friend heard i was getting into reloading and gave me some of his equipment that he said he bought and hardly used years ago. A lot of it was attachments to a Lee press but there was also two 3 die sets (9mm and 44 mag).
The stuff had been sitting in a barn for years but other then some surface rust in spots they seem ok.
This might be a stupid question but i'm trying to think of how they'll work in my Dillon 550B. The Decap/sizing and Seater dies seem like they'll work just fine. I won't use the expander/powder die because the conversion kits for Dillon (i did buy a 9mm one) have a powder funnel that go into the universal powder die that comes with the press.
Do the Lee Seater dies also crimp? Their 3 die sets don't have a crimping die (dillon sets have a crimping die but don't have a powder/expander) but i don't know if this is because the seater die crimps or because they figure you've already got a crimping die.
Basically i just need to know if i've got to buy a separate crimping die (and if so, any suggestions?) for this setup
The stuff had been sitting in a barn for years but other then some surface rust in spots they seem ok.
This might be a stupid question but i'm trying to think of how they'll work in my Dillon 550B. The Decap/sizing and Seater dies seem like they'll work just fine. I won't use the expander/powder die because the conversion kits for Dillon (i did buy a 9mm one) have a powder funnel that go into the universal powder die that comes with the press.
Do the Lee Seater dies also crimp? Their 3 die sets don't have a crimping die (dillon sets have a crimping die but don't have a powder/expander) but i don't know if this is because the seater die crimps or because they figure you've already got a crimping die.
Basically i just need to know if i've got to buy a separate crimping die (and if so, any suggestions?) for this setup