Newlon Die Blanks

[Ronin]

May sound like a stupid question - forgive me.


Any advice on reaming Newlon Die blanks, have done quite a few of my own chambers in barrels and builds but never in a die blank before - how deep should I go?

I have bdy, seater and FL re-size die...

Thanks in advance.

 

[wal]

Ronin

Dial die and ream the same procedure as if you were chambering a barrel. For your seater and neck die ream till you can put a the headspace guage with a shell holder flush with the bottom of the die. Your plunger/button can be independently adjusted to the main die thread.
I assume you have a resize reamer for the body die blank. For your body die ream till you can put the headspace guage with a shell holder .030" short of the bottom of the die.

Wal

 

[TonyR]

Do they need to be heat-treated after reaming? If so, what is the hardness standard and how do you find someone to do the heat-treating?
Thanks
Tony

 

[WayneShaw]

A resizing die needs to be hardened. Fireball Heat Treating, for one, can do it. Fast turnaround too.

 

[Ronin]

Thanks for the quick replies.

I will be using finish reamer for resize and seater, will set aside the body die untill re-size reamer arrives.

 

[TonyR]

Thanks, Wayne