Help please. 243 bolt click

[Dgd6mm]

.45 acp die....

 

[jsthntn247]

Can somebody post a link to which 45 acp die yall are referring to? I'm having the same problem with my 243. The base of my cases measure .469 after firing and after sizing in a Forster fl die.

 

[BoydAllen]

Years back, a friend wanted to size the bases of his .243 AI cases. He had made a bump die, and was neck sizing with a collet die, and had ignored my warnings that the cases would get tight at their bases. Knowing that he is too tight to spring for a custom die, I prowled a local gun show, and found a non carbide RCBS .45 ACP reloading die set. It cost me all of $10 used, and I specifically wanted one without the carbide insert in case the die sized the cases' bases too much and needed to be polished out a little to make an adjustment. I the case of those particular dies (not sure about others) once the guts were removed, what was left was an unobstructed tube with a ring die at its bottom. It worked perfectly. Many years later, that friend passed the tip along to a mutual friend whose 6mm Rem. chamber is too small in the back for his tight neck chamber. This fellow bought a new Lee Carbide .45 ACP die set, and found that he had to do a little lathe work to create the needed clearance in the top of the sizing die. After that was done, it worked perfectly.

 

[Dgd6mm]

Years back, a friend wanted to size the bases of his .243 AI cases. He had made a bump die, and was neck sizing with a collet die, and had ignored my warnings that the cases would get tight at their bases. Knowing that he is too tight to spring for a custom die, I prowled a local gun show, and found a non carbide RCBS .45 ACP reloading die set. It cost me all of $10 used, and I specifically wanted one without the carbide insert in case the die sized the cases' bases too much and needed to be polished out a little to make an adjustment. I the case of those particular dies (not sure about others) once the guts were removed, what was left was an unobstructed tube with a ring die at its bottom. It worked perfectly. Many years later, that friend passed the tip along to a mutual friend whose 6mm Rem. chamber is too small in the back for his tight neck chamber. This fellow bought a new Lee Carbide .45 ACP die set, and found that he had to do a little lathe work to create the needed clearance in the top of the sizing die. After that was done, it worked perfectly.

This is the die and what my buddy did to mine, works like a charm.

 

[jsthntn247]

Do you take the decapping pin assembly out of the 45 acp die before running a 243 case in it?

 

[BoydAllen]

I my friend's case the only part of the die that we used was the die body and the lock ring. Everything else was removed. The only place the die touches the case is just above the case head where additional sizing is needed. Different manufacturer's dies may vary in their designs and internal dimensions. Proceed with caution, and study the bits and pieces before attempting to size a case.