Lee Auto Drum advice please...

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Re: Lee Auto Drum advice please...

#11 Post by bradaz11 »

I use powders like bullseye and unique so they get a good 'season' pretty quick with them. So yeah that is also something to check.
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#12 Post by sclg »

dromia wrote:I have never had a problem with these powders measures, just a good clean and away you go, however and I think this could be part of the problem I never use powder through expander plugs especially the Lee ones as they are far too rough and have a brutal flare on them, I neck expand as a separate step with bespoke "M" die style expander plugs.
What do you use as a charging die? I'd looked at the Lee Charging Die Kit (2 dies) but it says "The long die is used to charge small capacity rifle cases ranging from 22 calibre to 30 calibre with a minimum case length of 1.403" to a maximum case length of 2.015" (Ex: 22 Hornet to the 308 Winchester) using the Auto-Disk Powder Measure."
... which rather implies 45-70 probably won't fit!
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Re: Lee Auto Drum advice please...

#13 Post by dromia »

The 45-70 case won't fit the rifle charging die body, so what I do for 45-70 is take the powder through internal from the rifle charging die and drop it in the 45-70 expander body replacing that god awful powder through expander plug, works fine for me. Just make sure there is minimum flare on the case mouth.
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#14 Post by sclg »

dromia wrote:The 45-70 case won't fit the rifle charging die body, so what I do for 45-70 is take the powder through internal from the rifle charging die and drop it in the 45-70 expander body replacing that god awful powder through expander plug, works fine for me. Just make sure there is minimum flare on the case mouth.
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