I'm sitting here looking at a disassembled Redding full length 223 die from a 223 Remington National Match Die Set (3911, Series SPL), and replacement parts from a Redding Free Floating Carbide Button Kit (Kit No. 48223/ 22 Cal), and I'm wondering how in the heck these two could possibly be meant for marriage. I must be overthinking it since I can't find instructions anywhere on the web - not even on YouTube. Has anyone swapped out a standard expander button for the free floating variety?
I unscrewed and removed the original expander button (really more like a sleeve that is smooth on one end and knurled on the other) from the end of the central shaft that projects down through the resizing die and grasps the secured end of the decapping pin, then I slid the new replacement carbide button (really more like a slightly elongated bead) over the decapping pin and shaft to the point where the diameter of the shaft suddenly increases and so stops the button, which is at the top of the threads. Then I screwed the new (knurled) replacement sleeve in behind the carbide button to secure the button in place and fasten/tighten down on the decapping pin. The problem is that the top of the replacement sleeve stops about 3/32-inch from the carbide button. Now one would think that this makes for the "floating" feature. However, if that's the case then the carbide bead...er, button floats over bare threads located between the stop on the shaft and the top of the screw-on sleeve.
Bah! I guess that's the way it's supposed to work. But it sure looks like a Rube Goldberg design to me. www.rubegoldberg.com
And by the way, a picture would be worth most of the words above. However, I can't find the cable that links my camera to the computer. I must have a dozen micro usb cables around here that fit everything else in my house from all our cell phones to GPS devices, etc. But leave it to me to buy a Sony camera that has a proprietary plug design. And this is the second Sony cable I've lost at $25 each.
Hal
I unscrewed and removed the original expander button (really more like a sleeve that is smooth on one end and knurled on the other) from the end of the central shaft that projects down through the resizing die and grasps the secured end of the decapping pin, then I slid the new replacement carbide button (really more like a slightly elongated bead) over the decapping pin and shaft to the point where the diameter of the shaft suddenly increases and so stops the button, which is at the top of the threads. Then I screwed the new (knurled) replacement sleeve in behind the carbide button to secure the button in place and fasten/tighten down on the decapping pin. The problem is that the top of the replacement sleeve stops about 3/32-inch from the carbide button. Now one would think that this makes for the "floating" feature. However, if that's the case then the carbide bead...er, button floats over bare threads located between the stop on the shaft and the top of the screw-on sleeve.
Bah! I guess that's the way it's supposed to work. But it sure looks like a Rube Goldberg design to me. www.rubegoldberg.com
And by the way, a picture would be worth most of the words above. However, I can't find the cable that links my camera to the computer. I must have a dozen micro usb cables around here that fit everything else in my house from all our cell phones to GPS devices, etc. But leave it to me to buy a Sony camera that has a proprietary plug design. And this is the second Sony cable I've lost at $25 each.
Hal
