Does anyone recognize these?

[762willdo]

I bought a box of reloading stuff at a swap meet and it had a few of these reloading dies in it but there are no markings on them for caliber…….they seem to be seating dies.

 

[kenhwind]

Looks like a Hornady die.

 

[gunsandgunsmithing]

Looks like a Hornady die.

Yep, looks like a hornady seater die.

 

[762willdo]

Is there any way to know what caliber there for?

 

[rjtfroggy]

Measure.

 

[762willdo]

Measure.

Theres nothing to measure except the outside neck diameter, are these for use with multi calibers? Meaning the one with the .22 caliber hole is for all .22 calibers? .223 .22-250 ?
ive never owned hornady dies

 

[MClark]

The die body is used for many cartridges. Look on sliding part for markings

 

[762willdo]

The die body is used for many cartridges. Look on sliding part for markings

No markings on any part….even when disassembled

 

[bugman]

cerrosafe

 

[Fuj]

cerrosafe

Beat me to it. I Just did one to verify a Schmidt & Rubin die that
was catted. Smoke the die, put a screw plug in the top, screw the
die in upside down in a press ( old beater Junior) poor in the Cherro-
low temp. In less then five minutes, push out the slug with the ram.
Do not pre heat the die or it will be hours for the low temp material
to cool.

 

[Coyotefurharvester]

The sliding sleeve(open end of die) has the CALIBER stamped on it in my Hornady seaters. If you unscrew the top, remove the seating stem, mine are stamped on top. A call to Hornady with those numbers would probably get some information. Sleeve 308, stem H7 on a 30/06 seater.

 

[bennett ford]

I'll bet it's for a family of cartridges based on something like the .308 or .223. Pull it apart and try one of those to see how the shoulder fits. Eyeball the hole in the top of the sliding part to get an idea of what caliber you are looking at.

 

[kenhwind]

I have one set of Hornady dies, 25-35 WCF. Seating die does not have the locking nut but is marked on top Hornady Seat Die, no caliber markings.

 

[Fast14riot]

You buy different sleeves and stems for those seaters. Replace just the guts for different cartridges. If you have extras, I could use one and would be glad to take it off your hands

 

[762willdo]

Problem solved I called a friend who had a set, he sent me this
it would seem you would get a lot of runout with these

 

[Minshooter]

Assuming you're not joking, no.
Exactly the opposite.
The sliding sleeve is used (in some fashion) in most non-custom precision seating dies.

 

[Murray Brook]

I have a Hornady die like you have and several other seater dies with an alignment collar and I too find the run-out to be on the excessive side. In fact I have gotten better run-out #'s with the Lee DL bullet seater than these collar type seater dies. No comparison to the Forster benchrest or the Redding Comp. JMO

 

[762willdo]

I have a Hornady die like you have and several other seater dies with an alignment collar and I too find the run-out to be on the excessive side. In fact I have gotten better run-out #'s with the Lee DL bullet seater than these collar type seater dies. No comparison to the Forster benchrest or the Redding Comp. JMO

This is what I as thinking

 

[Murray Brook]

This is what I as thinking

The only collar type seating die that has given me decent run-out #'s is the Frankford Arsenal universal seating die. Not sure why, maybe the tolerances are tighter. Good but not up to the level of the Forster and Redding. I have never used the various in-line seaters although I read great things about them. Just can't comment from personal experience.

 

[dgeesaman]

cerrosafe

Is there any chance it will seep behind the sliding sleeve and lock into place?

If there is a sizing die, that’s what you want to make a casting of.

David