Temporary seating die?

[TrxR]

Would a forster micrometer 308 seating die work temporarily on a 30br?

 

[Zero333]

Yes it it work just fine. Adjust the die accordingly.

Back out the seating stem all the way..
Put 30br case (with out bullet) in the shell holder and raise the ram...
Screw the 308win die down till it touches the 30br brass, then back it out a couple turns...
lock the die and seat some bullets.

 

[SSeal]

Yes. What he said.

 

[Dusty Stevens]

I doubt youll ever pull it off as long as it is inside. Ive been surprised before. Now a 30br die on a 308 would be fine

 

[SSeal]

I used one to seat for my 30br for awhile until I got my wilson seater in. It loaded ammo that was very concentric and shot well.

 

[fyrewall]

All this goes along with the design of the Hornady seater die that will work for all cartridges having the same bullet diameter. I use the same Hornady seater die for .308 W & .300 WM.

 

[longtrapshootn]

I have an old Redding die that was converted from a 6 BR to a 30 by Jim Carstenson wayY back in the dark ages. It no longer works well for me. It does not or never has matched any of the chambers I have or have had well. Perhps Redding has cured the problem that exists in mine. I know others have good results with their Redding dies. I bought a Harrels a couple of years ago and like it. I am sorry I didn't get his smallest size though. Older Brass seem to need to be squeezed a bit more, from my experience. I use Forester Ultra seating dies and can't praise them enough. I am not much of a fan of Hand dies, and you know who I mean. Lot of matches are won by folks using them though