O-ring under the lock ring ??

[danny]

I use the O rings in every die set I own. As it has been stated, different dies respond differently, but the O rings make small adjustments easier to make. I like 'em!!

I guess that o-rings in dies are sort of like the saying about tracers, in that they work in both directions. They make the adjustments easier to make; and easier to lose. When I buy Lee Rifle dies, the first thing I do is toss the rings, put good ones on, set them, lock them and move on. When loading for handguns with Lee dies, well, I use them. There's not much to "refilling" some handgun brass.

Danny

 

[dolek]

I guess that o-rings in dies are sort of like the saying about tracers, in that they work in both directions. They make the adjustments easier to make; and easier to lose. When I buy Lee Rifle dies, the first thing I do is toss the rings, put good ones on, set them, lock them and move on. When loading for handguns with Lee dies, well, I use them. There's not much to "refilling" some handgun brass.

Danny

You should sell them,many people love them.

 

[danny]

You should sell them,many people love them.

I am keeping them for if I ever sell the die(s)

Danny

 

[Whisky Tahoe Foxtrot]

While we are on the topic, here is a little trick that I figured out... If you are setting up a bushing FL die, and forget to pull the bushing before you thread the die into the press, take the top off of the die, and shove a neck brush down through the bushing and pull up to remove it. After you have the die set, reinstall the bushing and size the case one more time to do the neck. This saves over working the neck and gives you uniform work hardening within that set of cases/ necks.

Ok that is a neat trick that I will use all the time for removing neck bushings. For my setup the dies with O-rings don't have to be torqued as much to stay put. O-rings are a nice to have but not required.

 

[Kracken McGraw]

I think this is turning into whatever works best for you, go with that!
Right now for me, that is Forster bench rest dies locked down with their aluminum lock rings. They have a semi-hard rubber washer under the decapping-expander nut , that lets the expander float in the neck a little for concentricity.