Thread: Lee Collet Neck Dies - New "feature"

Originally Posted by Three O'Three

@zimmer. I welded a socket to the base of the presses handle to attach a torque wrench. No cam over on my press.

Ah nice one @Three O'Three . Maybe you should advise Lee as their 25 to 30 instruction is meaningless otherwise.

I would also advise that it is possible to damage their collet die by using excess force. With one of mine it started to bind internally after a couple of hundred rounds. Where the wedge section goes into the sliding plug the plug had developed an edge that was binding inside the die body. I had to dress the damage off. I doubt the metal quality is that great.

Once you have those little flutes engraved into the case mouth they dont seem to come out.

Originally Posted by zimmer

Ah nice one @Three O'Three . Maybe you should advise Lee as their 25 to 30 instruction is meaningless otherwise.

I would also advise that it is possible to damage their collet die by using excess force. With one of mine it started to bind internally after a couple of hundred rounds. Where the wedge section goes into the sliding plug the plug had developed an edge that was binding inside the die body. I had to dress the damage off. I doubt the metal quality is that great.

@zimmer. Apparently Lee make a kit to attach a torque wrench to their presses?