Just like the title says... Has anybody heard of Lee developing any dies for the 6.5 creedmor? They ought to!! They're missing the boat !!
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All you have to do is send them two fired cases, a sample bullet that you want to load, and a check for $70, and they'll make a custom set for you....
Custom Collet Necksizing Die Set - Lee Precision
Custom Collet Necksizing Die Set - Lee Precision
If you understand how they work you can probably make one of the close calibers work .Do they make one for the 260? I made a 308 collet die work for a different case by putting a thick washer on the shell holder and notching the washer and glueing it down .I have 6.5 Creedmoor .I will have to see if I have something else that will work .Mine is an AR so I just full length size but if I had a bolt gun I would neck size also.
The 260 is longer than the creedmoor.
I have the 260 collet die but since the creedmoor is so much shorter, its only sizes a portion of the neck
So take it to a machine shop and have them grind enough off the bottom to make it work.
Yep that will work ,just so when the case set in the shell holder is all the way in ,the shoulder doesn't hit the collet. You can take the die apart and see it by just trying the case in the collet .If the shoulder hits ,you can add a washer or something to the top of the shell holder till it doesn't .
A .260 case is 1.7756" from the base to the shoulder junction with the neck. A 6.5 creedmoor is 1.6606" from the base to the shoulder/neck junction. 1.7756-1.6606=.1150". Take a .260 collet die apart and take the sliding sleeve to a machine shop and have them turn .1150" off the bottom of it and you should have a 6.5 creedmoor collet die. You may have a problem with the mandrel bottoming out against the case but I doubt it, I'll bet there's enough length in the decapping section for it to work fine.
I want one in 6.5x47. According to Lee's website they are not accepting custom orders at this time. I contacted Redding and told them that they ought to consider making a similar die but with more fingers in the collett. The tech acted interested but we shall see.
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