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I have two sets of them,,along with a burp gun,still works,,
New dies ruining brass???
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They would still be safe today. It's the same as blaming the gun. We never threw them at each other, that would take a special mentality.
pirate ammo
Guaranteed to take the wind out of their sails
threw at my sister,,missed,,you know what a burp gun is ?
No, but several of the neighbors made Polish cannons. Back when pop and beer cans had a pressed on bottom. They would cut out both ends of several cans, then duct tape them into a tube. Bottom can retained its bottom. Little hole in the side to squirt in lighter fluid and a match. They would shoot tennis balls in the air.
Yes, but I found the problem. The dies are not polished... WTF??? I got the new ones, was all excited, put them in, and same thing.
Just so happens, today a friend brought over a truck bed full ( I am not even joking, my garage looks like I am stockpiling ammunition for the appocalypse) of reloading equipment! maybe 50k primers, 100 lbs of lead, 1000`s of empty cases of 40, 44 Magnum, 45, 9mm so much crap I dont know what to do... AND PRESSES with DIES!
So upon failure of the second set, I dug through the stuff he brought me, found a set of Lee 380 Dies, what luck! Set up his single stage press, and ran a case through the 380. Guess what? Sized JUST FINE! What? Yeah, so I set up the 9mm on it, thinking, ok maybe the guy in an earlier post was right about my press being jacked up. NOPE! still ruined the case.
Inspected the inside of the 380, and the inside of the 9mm, and wow what a difference. the 380 is mirror finish, mine is "mat" finish. They did not polish the 9mm carbide, ON BOTH!
Time to contact Lee. And unfortunatly, he did not have a 9mm die set.
You all may be interested in the presses he got. He claims they are ancient old, and worth thousands. No idea, but one has like 5 or 6 stations. I will post pictures of the presses in the morrow.
Flouncer
What the heck it works for me !!
Good work and resolution to the problem. There are true experts here. World class shooters and true champions. And most of us respect each other and maintain. And look at all the "wisdom" you received !! And in the end you solved yourself. You are on the road to enlightenment grasshopper. Going to pull my new unused 9mm Luger set to look for polishing or rough . . . . . See you at the 1,000 yard targets with 9mm holes 
Yeah 380 dies wont work for 9mm. I know 380 is often called a 9mm short but the case is differnt besides just shorter. I would agree your problem is with the die, and as long as you deal with that amazon dealer you will never get a decent set. I use lee carbide 9mm and have never had a problem, use the lee return form and you will be happy with the results.
jimmymac
Jim McGregor
I'd either get it back to Lee and let them resolve it or buy a different brand. Not a Lee basher here. I think their collet die is a winner, but only after I polish it all up myself because it's crude out of the box.
In general though, I believe there are better choices to be made when buying reloading dies. Like most other things, you get what you pay for. YMMV
In general though, I believe there are better choices to be made when buying reloading dies. Like most other things, you get what you pay for. YMMV
Larryh128
Silver $$ Contributor
Lee dies of today are not the same as years ago. I use all their pistol carbide dies with no issues. This is a good recommendation.
Dusty Stevens
Shiner
The thing with lee is they send out anything and let the customer do the qc. Works most of the time for most people then when a problem arises they actually fix it the best they can. Lee is a great company thats got a lot of people into reloading they just dont make anything suitable for anything i do.
Not much to contribute here, except welcome to the wonderful world of lee...
Flouncer
What the heck it works for me !!
Dusty Stevens
Shiner
You don't shoot 9mm.
When i do load for a 9mm i have a dillon toolhead on a stand loaded with dillon dies. Id bet its been 20yrs since i used it though
Flouncer
What the heck it works for me !!
Have them make a Lee Loader for your 6mm PPC !!!
Dusty Stevens
Shiner
Once that hole fills in with brass itll work fineHere is a nice polished Lee 9mm die, with a defect. Good luck with the 3th die.
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pirate ammo
Guaranteed to take the wind out of their sails
JB Weld first,,filler,,
pirate ammo
Guaranteed to take the wind out of their sails
got 22 sets of Lee dies on my shelves right now,started looking at them yesterday they all look good,,Lee dies is about all people buy around here can't get them to swap to Redding
cheap people what can you say,,
cheap people what can you say,,
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