260 AI Ring Die

[260AckImp]

Hello Everyone

Any ideas where I can get a small base ring die to suit 260 AI?

Cheers

 

[Doug Beach]

Buy a Lee carbide .45 ACP die, and wack most of it off. Push your cases through it.

 

[260AckImp]

Buy a Lee carbide .45 ACP die, and wack most of it off. Push your cases through it.

I cut the die in half or something along those lines?

Ive only got a Milwaukee cordless grinder at my disposal. Otherwise I have a few local businesses with lathes etc

 

[Doug Beach]

You need to cut off, or drill out any portion that would stop your case from passing through. The ones I’ve done are not hardened, so as long as you don’t touch the carbide, they cut easily.

 

[Doug Beach]

You’ll also need to make a pusher, to put in/on your shell holder, to push the case through the die.

 

[Dusty Stevens]

Or get a pbike ring die for a 308 sized case from @Uthink Uknow or send your brass to whidden and get a proper die made

 

[260AckImp]

Or get a pbike ring die for a 308 sized case from @Uthink Uknow or send your brass to whidden and get a proper die made

Thank you ill send him a message.

I currently have a Whidden custom die made from my reamer print. My .200 line on my reamer is 0.4696" and after sizing my brass with a 0.002" shoulder bump I size the brass base down to around 0.468-0.4685".

Im unsure if thats enough clearance? In a 10 shot string I might get 1 or 2 bolt lifts that feel like a minor clicker. I must add that I need to have a smith go over my trigger timing with my action as the bolt lift feels notchy compared to my Fathers action of same make and same model trigger.

 

[260AckImp]

You’ll also need to make a pusher, to put in/on your shell holder, to push the case through the die.

Would you or anyone else happen to have a picture of a pusher? So you dont use that type of die with a traditional shell holder?

 

[Doug Beach]

I’ll see if I can come up with a picture. If you use it with a shell holder, you won’t size any lower on the case than with any other die. If you use it with a pusher, the case goes clear through the die, and pops out the top.

 

[Hoser]

I use a roll sizer.

4,000-6,000 cases an hour.

And when primer pockets get a little on the large side, a trip through my rollsizer snugs them up a touch.

Rollsizer Information | Rollsizer.com

www.rollsizer.com

 

[Doug Beach]

 

[SEM]

maybe a useful cheap pusher idea, I may have to try this Idea for my 308 bolt rifle, maybe I'll keep it if so

these come in different diameters also

Lee Breech Lock Bullet Sizer Punch 356 Diameter

The Lee Breech Lock Bullet Sizer & Punch sizes cast bullets, also seats and crimps gas checks. Use in conjunction with the Breech Lock Bullet Sizer...

www.midwayusa.com

 

[Acsr]

You need to cut off, or drill out any portion that would stop your case from passing through. The ones I’ve done are not hardened, so as long as you don’t touch the carbide, they cut easily.

Could you show a picture of this cut off die

 

[Doug Beach]

Top end of cut off Lee .45 die (carbide ring is at other end), and the pusher.

 

[Fast14riot]

An older model RCBS 45acp die is clear enough when gutted to push rifle brass through. I found one on ebay for cheap. I also have a custom made ring die in a .001" different size.