Found a pistol die in my storage and I don't remember

[JMayo]

I found this die RCBS 38/9mm. Is this just an expander ? It's like new. I was a total noob back then. I suppose i bought it then didn't need it.


I have a 38 set up on a turret top. It says 38 special, 357. Decapping pin and expander.

So i don't even need the rcbs 38/9mm.
Btw those # confuse me 38/9mm

 

[rockhound78]

Yep, looks like an expander. Maybe for 38 super/9mm otherwise I would think it would be stamped 38/357 for a bit larger bullet diameter

 

[JMayo]

I guess push it a little for 9 mm & push it more for 38 & 357
I don't know why i have it unless it was one of those buys before i knew what to buy ...

 

[joshb]

I guess push it a little for 9 mm & push it more for 38 & 357
I don't know why i have it unless it was one of those buys before i knew what to buy ...

I have some extra dies like that. I jump on a “good deal”, get it, go to put it away and find the exact die set in my drawer! Getting old sucks!

 

[SEM]

I have some extra dies like that. I jump on a “good deal”, get it, go to put it away and find the exact die set in my drawer! Getting old sucks!

Yes it does, and the stuff you have no one else wants either

 

[PatMiles]

I don't know why i have it unless it was one of those buys before i knew what to buy ...

We've ALL been there, that's the price of admission to the rabbit hole.

 

[joshb]

Yes it does, and the stuff you have no one else wants either

PS: You need a good pair of slippers! I highly recommend LLBeans. Some days, I never get out of them!

 

[Kracken McGraw]

This reminds me of the drawer full of one inch scope rings that have accumulated since finding the 30mm tube!

 

[SEM]

This reminds me of the drawer full of one inch scope rings that have accumulated since finding the 30mm tube!

STOP I feel bad enough already .... reminders jump out of the drawer often enough the look on my face each time

 

[Bill K]

Could be a expander die or might be just a belling die for flaring the case mouth of straight wall brass to accept bullet seating, without shearing the bullet base.

 

[358WCF]

Yes it does, and the stuff you have no one else wants either

Except other old guys.

 

[Dusty Stevens]

PS: You need a good pair of slippers! I highly recommend LLBeans. Some days, I never get out of them!View attachment 1308049

Try the new my pillow slippers

 

[SEM]

Except other old guys.

who think your asking to much for a piece of junk that is going to sit in their drawers, I know I have a bunch of dies for sale, Just went to my local GS this morning and found some more I might could use this stuff, and sadly bought it, This is a whole lot better (cheaper) than chasing women's

 

[ebb]

Chasing not expensive, catching is the expensive part. I also has a lot to do with how close you get when chasing.

 

[358WCF]

Chasing not expensive, catching is the expensive part. I also has a lot to do with how close you get when chasing.

Be careful what you catch too. That works on 2 or maybe even 3 levels.

 

[tangocharlie]

As a lifelong pistol shooter and competitor, let me add the drawer - or in my case, ammo can - full of used holsters? Some that just didn’t make the grade, some that you no longer need, and some that just appeared. Some are nice, some are junk, but they all fit somewhere into my memory - somewhere.

 

[JMayo]

RCBS says ....

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It is typically used to expand cases after sizing in the 38 special or 9mm luger die set before seating the bullet. It could have been sold separately at that time.

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So, as i suspected i bought this back when i started 10+ yrs ago, not knowing the flow through die i would also buy would bell the case itself.
A noob move on my part... Shows the process of learning.

It'll stay new & stay in a drawer until someone goes through all my chit and desposes of it.

 

[divingin]

So, as i suspected i bought this back when i started 10+ yrs ago, not knowing the decaper/ sizer i would also buy would bell the case itself.

Huh? How?

When sizing pistol brass, the first and last thing the brass touches is the sizing ring. How would the case get flared?

 

[JMayo]

Actually it's the flow through die ..
FIFY

 

[hoz53]

Actually it's the flow through die ..
FIFY

whats the flow through die—. i havent used a pistol sizer die that also bells the case mouth.