Wanted: Larry Willis collet die
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If you can find "new"!
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Motard
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There is a hombrew alternative if you don't what (as me) to spend a capital for buying and fees on LW veey good product. Firstly I tried assembling a DIY version with mixed calibers parts of some Lee Factory Crimp dies. Idea was having the four finger clamp shrinking the brass just above the shell's head, at the web, were it usually grows up in front of the mag ring. Didn't worked
. So I found a zero costs way to recovery my 7rm shells. Grease the web with some sticky fat then "glue" on it 2 or 3 tourns of tissue paper cutted in a small strip greased. Then pass the brass throu a full lenght die (better if a small base e but not mandatory). As you know paper can't be pressed neither oil or grease so at the end of the sizing process you will find a small fattish paper ring just before the magnum belt..a bit messy but it will resize the web under the infamous 12mm "no chamber" measure. Works two or three time on wasting destinated brass then you'll be forced to dispose it.
. So I found a zero costs way to recovery my 7rm shells. Grease the web with some sticky fat then "glue" on it 2 or 3 tourns of tissue paper cutted in a small strip greased. Then pass the brass throu a full lenght die (better if a small base e but not mandatory). As you know paper can't be pressed neither oil or grease so at the end of the sizing process you will find a small fattish paper ring just before the magnum belt..a bit messy but it will resize the web under the infamous 12mm "no chamber" measure. Works two or three time on wasting destinated brass then you'll be forced to dispose it.
I bought one and reviewed it on these pages some years back. [see below] It is well made and clearly can deliver on the stated brief of addressing case dimension re-sizing nearer the head on the belted case design type of brass.
But...before you buy a Larry Willis resizer...what I have discovered is that my 4x fired .375 HH cases are still passing the go-no-go guage without requiring the services of the tool. More to the point, I can finger extract spent cases from the breach of the rifle. It may be that my preferred loading is mild for this chambering and that is why I do not seem to have excessive case obturation. Your mileage may vary. I will, however, hang on to my LW as it will likely be the only solution should case dimensions become an issue at a later date.
With all of the above in mind, I wonder if group/club purchase makes more sense than individual ownership for an item that will likely see low usage?
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