Thread: Has anyone ever run tests on a belted magnum collet resizing die (before and after)

Greetings Again All,
Years ago a friend had a .308 Norma Mag rifle that had been re barreled. Cases were hard to get and some of the cases had been fired in the rifle prior to the new barrel would not chamber in spite of being full length resized. The problem was the body just in front of the belt. I suggested that my friend ran the cases into a FL 300 win mag die with the expander stem removed and with the case sitting on top of the shell holder. This allowed the FL die to reach the front of the belt. The case was then knocked out with the rod from a Lee Loader. Worked a treat and he never had to repeat the process in spite of some pretty frisky loads. Gunsmith chamber likely helped.
Regards Grandpamac.