Lee Dies what are they?

[Nomis]

I have acquired some lee dies with a rifle and are not sure what they are,

G5 - is this a neck or full length sizer?
D5 - no idea what this does?

Thanks for you help

Simon

 

[MarinePMI]

A picture would be most helpful.

 

[EMcC]

There will almost certainly be the calibre on them somewhere, all mine have.

 

[Nomis]

sorry for any confusion, they are .243 its what they do I am not sure of, the full details stamped on them are

LEE-243-G5
LEE-243-D5

 

[Muir]

If they came together, I'm guessing that one is a sizer (has a pin protruding from one end?) and the other a seater.~Muir

 

[nicholiath]

I have lee collect dies
LEE-243-EO IS NECK SIZE AND DEPRIME
LEE-243-CO IS BULLET SEATER

 

[Nomis]

The G5 is a sizer but I want to know if its neck or full? I also have the seater which is C6.

 

[MarinePMI]

Interesting, and slightly on a tangent. I was just cruising the Lee site and noticed you can order the die parts individually. Hmmm...for $13 for a Sizer Die body, one could inexpensively build up a nice set of body dies for forming...

Unfortunately (and more on topic) I could not find a reference to the stamping on the OP's dies. Older dies, with an older part number perhaps...

 

[Muir]

The G5 is a sizer but I want to know if its neck or full? I also have the seater which is C6.

The only neck sizer Lee makes is the collet die. ~Muir

 

[Nomis]

if that's the case then I must have a full length sizer.
Many thanks, Simon.

 

[Muir]

if that's the case then I must have a full length sizer.
Many thanks, Simon.

Which means you can still neck size with it if you wanted to.~Muir

 

[Nomis]

Muir,
Could you explain further please.

 

[MarinePMI]

Muir is alluding to just backing the die out a 1/4 turn or so, so your not bumping the shoulder back, and only resizing the neck.

 

[Muir]

True. RCBS used to include instructions for this with their FL dies sets. They would advise placing a US five-cent piece on top of the shell holder and screwing the die down until it touched, then locking the die. This would size the neck and in some cases, a bit of the head area of the cartridge if your chamber was large. You can make some fine ammunition using this technique.~Muir

 

[j0e_bl0ggs]

True. RCBS used to include instructions for this with their FL dies sets. They would advise placing a US five-cent piece on top of the shell holder and screwing the die down until it touched, then locking the die. This would size the neck and in some cases, a bit of the head area of the cartridge if your chamber was large. You can make some fine ammunition using this technique.~Muir

How thick is a 5 cent piece?

One full turn of a die is = 0.071"

 

[Muir]

How thick is a 5 cent piece?

One full turn of a die is = 0.071"

That is about right. A "nickle" is about .075. I got thinking.... I set up my RCBS 7x57 dies to do this 30 years ago and have never altered the setting!~Muir

 

[j0e_bl0ggs]

That is about right. A "nickle" is about .075. I got thinking.... I set up my RCBS 7x57 dies to do this 30 years ago and have never altered the setting!~Muir

Thanks, will help the noobs!

 

[Nomis]

Understood, thanks.

 

[GavM]

Old thread but this may help in future searches...

Identifying Rifle Dies

Contact Lee Precision Support

support.leeprecision.net

"On each die there will be a series of stamped letters and numbers, such as: LEE - 30/06 - B9. The stamping indicates we manufactured it (LEE) and the caliber (30/06). The Letter/Number combo stamped on our reloading dies are an internal manufacturing date code telling us when we made the dies. The Letter represents a month and the number represents the year, starting in 2000. For example A6 = January 2006, B6 = February 2006, etc. In years that have the same last number, such as "0", it could represent either 2000 or 2010. This stamping will not tell us what die you have, only when we made the die."