My Lee .32 ACP die set has a "modified taper crimp" in the seater. That is code for it won't taper crimp worth beans. The crimp ledge is about 45 degrees and case length/adjustment is super critical. The Redding profile crimp dies have a taper crimp leading to a roll crimp ledge. The Lee does not. Just 99% straight until the sharp crimp ledge. That angle works fine for roll crimping.
The Redding taper crimp die in .32 ACP is $29 and the RCBS taper crimp .32 ACP die is $23 at Midway. Lee doesn't make one. Dang
Lee does make a taper crimp die in .32 Long though. $11. Heck. I'll just make it work and save some money. Right?
I had to cut off 1/4" off the bottom so the case would reach the crimp area, then grind off 1/4" worth of threads so it would go down in the cutout in the LNL shell plate, then remake the mouth of the die and polish it internally. There was not enough of the threads left for a lock nut, so I had to get it adjusted just so and used Lock-Tite to hold it in the bushing.
Next time I would just buy the RCBS. Saving $12 wasn't worth it.
Works good though.
The Redding taper crimp die in .32 ACP is $29 and the RCBS taper crimp .32 ACP die is $23 at Midway. Lee doesn't make one. Dang
Lee does make a taper crimp die in .32 Long though. $11. Heck. I'll just make it work and save some money. Right?
I had to cut off 1/4" off the bottom so the case would reach the crimp area, then grind off 1/4" worth of threads so it would go down in the cutout in the LNL shell plate, then remake the mouth of the die and polish it internally. There was not enough of the threads left for a lock nut, so I had to get it adjusted just so and used Lock-Tite to hold it in the bushing.
Next time I would just buy the RCBS. Saving $12 wasn't worth it.
Works good though.