lee collet neck sizing dies

I have them for my .223 bolt gun as well as my .17 Remington. They work as they say and make reloading just that much quicker as there is no lube to have to remove after you get thru sizing. I will buy more in the future.

I am not a big fan of their presses, but I sure like just about everything else that Lee makes.
 
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I have them for my .223 bolt gun as well as my .17 Remington. They work as they say and make reloading just that much quicker as there is no lube to have to remove after you get thru sizing. I will buy more in the future.

I am not a big fan of their presses, but I sure like just about everything else that Lee makes.



+1 I like my Lee Collet dies. I have one for each caliber I reload for. They seem to be very accurate and do speed up the loading process. I don't much care for the lock ring on them, but it seems to work OK.
 
Another Lee collet die fan here. I just now got into reloading and chose the collet die as my first equipment. I followed the directions and did not have a problem with with any of it (which is RARE for me).

I really like their Breach Lock Challenger press as well. Go for it and good luck!
 
These are excellent dies and will increase your brass life by a bunch. Lee says 10 times and my experience seems to bear that up. They do not size down the neck then pull a sizer button back thru it to size. They compress the brass against a collet with a set of fingers.

There are some Caveats to using this die and a learning curve in it's use. Do not cycle the die without a case it will stick the sizing fingers. You have to apply more pressure with the ram to size and you need to size twice turning the case between sizing. It's prudent to anneal your cases every five firings with these dies and there may come a point where you need to bump your case shoulders back with a FL die.

I've been using them for quite a few years. Some of my 243 brass has more than 20 firings on them. On the whole it's an excellent sizing system.
 
Though I've switched to the Redding S-Bushing Neck die, I used the Lee Collet Neck Sizer for several years. They work well, and if you need precision control of the neck sizing process, Lee can make a specific sized mandrel for you. Personally, I find changing the bushings in the Redding to be a bit easier than dealing with changing mandrels.

The main complaint I had with the Lee die, and it was my fault really, is that sometimes the collet can get "stuck" without you noticing. Invariably, when I noticed it was after I'd already seated bullets in a hundred cases and the bullets would still "spin" in the necks. Paying attention is the key here, but loading 600-800 pdog rounds can become a mind-numbing affair. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif

Though I do prefer the Redding die, the Lee die is good, and a great value for the money.

Mike
 
I have had nothing but trouble with mine as some of you know Mid Way sent me 2 sets and both stripped the seating cap after less than 50 rounds. Before we start again yes they were set up exactly as the instructions said. Since they sent me the last new cap I have had no trouble yet and changed nothing in the set up so maybe they just had a bad batch of caps, Just left a bad taste for me since this was the first time I had tried Lee products. Hornady new deminsion is still my fav.

Good lick either way, Stan
 
I have collet dies for all my bolt action guns and have found them to be execellent .I have had no mechanical problems but when using Rem brass in my 22H I have to use a mandrill that is .005" smaller than the one supplied . Lee made it for me for $5 and had it to me in one week .

I currently load the following:

22H
223
243
7mm-08
7mmBR
300WBY
444 Rem
450 Marlin
 
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