When I first started hand loading, I wasn't sure what FL sizing die to buy and bought others based on well intended good advice. Needless to say I experienced problems with cases not being correctly resized and bullets not being perfectly aligned and seated. I now only use LE Wilson dies. Anyone who is serious about hand loading will understand the importance of precision and consistency. LE Wilson dies are far superior to all the others I have used.
Thanks you. Very easy to understand. I'm a swede and even if I found myself quite good in English the manual was not super easy to understand. But after watching your video all confusing is cleared up. Thanks again.
Best way is to keep them oiled and in the bags we ship them in after each use. If you live in a humid environment, the you could use a home bluing kit. There are several of them out there and they work very well to keep rust off the case holders. Hope that helps!
Hello that would be part # CH-3ACC - Because the 300 Blackout started out as a shortened 222 Rem Mag we had to make a specific holder for it. Hope that helps!
Andre Isis Spring back will vary depending on case wall thickness, and how many times the brass has been reloaded. This is because the brass will get harder and more brittle with each firing. Keep an eye on the condition of your brass. But in general brass spring back when sizing .003 will give you approx .002 grip.
LEWILSONINC thx. is there a way to expand case neck w/o using full size die? wanted to use wilson hand dies but it seems that new 7mm-08 lapua brass<284 amax bullet & forced to get FL die?
LEWILSONINC can i use wilson 7mm vld stem to seat 7mm bullets on 6.5x284 wilson chamber seater. want to expand 6.5x284 lapua neck. or can i use the existing 6.5 stem?
Andre Isis You would need the 284 Wilson Seater to seat bullets for the 7mm caliber. All of our Bullet Seating dies are made caliber specific, just like a gun chamber. Thanks,
It sounds like your brass is slightly under dimension. This could be due to the use of a small base die which actually changes the taper of the case and will sometimes cause this issue. But this could also be due to a tighter tolerance on a full length sizing die or a tight chambered gun. There are so many variations out there we can only make the holders work for about 98% of the chambers and dies out there. If you ever run into this please call our main line and we can work something out with you. The best option is to send in your Case Holder along with a couple of sample cases and we will make you a special holder as a replacement.
I bought a Wilson case trimmer years ago and see the advantages over the Forster trimmer I've been using. I cannot use my Wilson because my 223 brass slides too deep into the 222/223 body. The head of the brass sets approx .060 below the end of the holder. My holder is way oversize compared to this video. As the part is tapered and I can't measure it exact I get approx .378/.352 on the ends of the ID. Thank you for your response. My brass just spins in the holder when I attempt to trim.
Hi Dan. Thanks for these videos - very helpful. It would be good to see a demonstration of the neck reaming function, in particular, how the reamer is supported inside the bearing and how it is turned. Is it turned just with the fingers? Is there any way to do outside neck turning with your trimmer? That would be really handy. Thanks. Rick.
To answer lamenterms007's question. Please give us a call. If you can send in your cases and the Gage we can figure out what is going on with your rounds. These issues are typical with 40 Cal Glocks. It does sound like a concentricity issue, but it could be something else. I really cannot tell unless I have it in front of me. We do not charge for this service. Concentricity has to do with your bullet being in line with your case body. Most shooters refer to this as "bullet wobble". And yes this can have a major impact on your loaded rounds.
question, . been having some issues loading rounds for a 40 s&w glock 23 with a kkm barrel for a while. im getting light primer strikes with no discharge at random intervals with reloaded rounds. the trigger even feels different (mushier) when pulled at the time of attempting to fire one of these duds. so it leads me to think the gun is not in full battery to fire correctly. looking at the gun though, it even appears each time to be in full battery(slide in correct position) when experiencing a dud. I switch back to stock factory rounds and it works %100 all the way . so it has to be some of my reloads. so..i bought the gauge to see what was going on and did some loads and did some checking. I found I have a have a few .40 s&w loads with the head above case gauge. one case where the extractor grove doesn't even make it down. i've even ran them through the mag and cycled them manually in the gun and each time it appears like the gun is chambered. I've even taken the barrel out and seated them in the chamber manually and they appear no different then stock off the store shelve rounds. but I know this gauge is really showing me what is going on. obviously the select rounds have some issues. i'm just having trouble trying to decipher what the gauge is telling me. I've measured every thing I can on the reloads and it all comes with in tolerances with calipers. bullet diameter as well. im lost at this point. loads have even gone through lees bulge buster to get rid of the base bulge. twice......once after decapping and sizing and once after final seat of bullet. measurements with dial fallows: 180gn berrys flat point total length with seated bullet..avg around 1.120-1.125 diameter of mouth and head avg .421-.423 diameter of bullet .398 -.400 case length after bullet seated .835-.840 these measurements in some cases are even smaller than the stores rounds that I measured or equal to. so other than to try switching from cci to federal primers because I heard that the primers are softer, am I suffering from some reloads not being concentric and having hand shaking issues wth a match barrel from kkm?. can you explain bullet concentricity a little better. is that fixable or is that considered defective and to be discarded. if that is the case. is there a way to check for it before going through the whole loading process.?
The cutter is inline with the case holder and stop adjustment. This is how we are able to achieve a very straight and consistent cut. With the cases being held by their own body taper, we are able to simulate trimming the case in the chamber. The cutter stops cutting when the jamb nut on the opposite side of the trimmer bearing bottoms out.
With any of the holders, the main idea is to have two definite stops. The stop screw is one, that should rest against the head of the case. The second stop is the jam nut bottoming out on the trimmer bearing. With this in mind, you will need to make sure your cases are held firmly in the holder. clholsinger, your question was concerning the 9mm. If you cases go in to far to the holder then you may need to contact us so we can make a special holder to work with your case diameters. We may even just swap out your current holder for one that will work for you. Hope that helps, Thank you!
How do you adjust the cutter and shell holder screw to ensure you get a neck trim that is parallel to the case head? Is this explained in the instruction sheet? I am worried about a need looking like / or \ instead of | compared to the case head.
Looking to purchase one of these, on the Sinclair site is it stock # 749-013-157MS ? and later can it be upgraded to the one with a micrometer? I just can't afford the top dollar one just yet. Thanks
I understand that it is sometimes difficult to find the holders at our dealers web site. We do have several different holders. The best way to search for our Holders is to go to our Home page at lewilson and click on the product listing PDF. This is where you can find the product part numbers. Simply find the part you are looking for and type that into the search at our dealers web site. For example try searching for PH-9MM at Midway. Comes right up.
Looks like a nice machine - but at Midway at least the shell holders are spread all over the place and after 30 minutes of looking still could not find the 9mm holders.
