Harrell's reloading dies
To neck size the brass, the neck die is placed on the arbor press base (the cylinder the die is sitting on). Bushings are normally matched to a specific load, so many reloaders will keep a few sizes on hand. 001″-.002″ of neck tension on the loaded cartridge. Typically, the bushing is sized to apply. The bushing shown is a Redding titanium nitride coated bushing, these are also available in steel and carbide in. The body (left) supports the case and holds the neck bushing (center) which is secured by the cap (right). Some traditional single stage press makers like RCBS, offer arbor press conversions for their presses.Ī Wilson neck sizing hand die that has been disassembled.
#Harrell's reloading dies full
This type of press isn’t as strong as a traditional press and can only be used for neck sizing, decapping, and seating bullets (absolutely no full length resizing). The handle forces the arbor down against the die, which in turn is placed on the arbor press base. This arbor press is small, light and easily transported. You’ll notice the arbor press (above) typically used with hand dies looks different than the single stage reloading press you’d normally encounter. Easy to set up and use, especially with an arbor press, the press simply sits on top of any bench.Accurate, the dies offer low run out and precise adjustment of seating depth.Portable, you can easily bring hand dies and a small arbor press to the range.Hand dies offers a number of advantages to shooters. and its authors, do not assume any responsibility, directly or indirectly for the safety of the readers attempting to follow any instructions or perform any of the tasks shown, or the use or misuse of any information contained herein, on this website.
#Harrell's reloading dies manuals
Consult appropriate load manuals prior to developing your own handloads. They are only safe in the rifle shown and may not be safe in yours. WARNING: The loads and techniques shown are for informational purposes only. In this post I’ll be loading a 308 Winchester with a 175 grain Sierra Tipped MatchKing, however, the process would be similar for most common rifle cartridges.īefore we take a look at how hand dies work, let’s take a minute to read the disclaimer: A Wilson/ Sinclair Micro-adjust seater die (above, bottom left), Wilson neck die (above, bottom middle) and Sinclair arbor press (above, bottom right). This is what a typical hand die set up looks like (above). They work so well that they are often encountered in use by bench rest shooters. Over time hand dies have grown in sophistication and now represent the pinnacle of reloading technology. Years ago they were thought of as an entry level reloading tool (you’d actually hit them with a hammer). If you’ve been reloading awhile you’ve probably encountered an old set of hand dies at a gun show or garage sale (twenty years ago when I worked the gun counter old timers would bring in sets of hand dies to give away).