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Resizing down to the belt on WM cases

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There's a specific die made to resize belted mag cases down to the belt to avoid feeding/headspacing issues as cases are reloaded and I can't remember the name, nor can I find it with the search "engine" (or little engine that couldn't, or Google version)

Anyone out there remember the die that I'm trying to find? I need to nail down some 300WM brass that has spotty feeding. The brass is all the same headstamp and came from 2 different chambers.
 
I have used their collet die with great success on both 375 H&H and 416 Rem Mag. Had to wait about 8 months, they were back ordered at the time. A good purchase with the price of brass these days!
 
I thought I was going to need this die when I started loading 300WM. But, the redding FL bushing dies I have are sizing pretty darn close to the belt. I don't know if I will have any problems after 10+ firings but right now I'm at 6 firing on most of my brass and I have no chambering issues to date.
 
been reloading 300 weatherby and 7 STW for over 18 years, never new I needed one of those, I just resize enough to close the bolt on a case in the chamber. been working great so far.
 
My problem is that I have a big batch of brass that is from a rifle that I no longer own and I don't want to chuck it all but my Redding dies just QUITE don't make it. Considering that this thing is about $100 I am probably going buy another $30 Redding Body Die & remove some material from the base of the die to get closer to the belt.
 
"....at $100 I am probably going buy another $30 Redding Body Die & remove some material from the base of the die to get closer to the belt."

I've done that with a flea market magnum die body but it required removing enough of the die wall to get passed the ring for the belt. Then it was necessary to bore away the original shoulder/neck but it works fine and the cost was low.