If you look at the Lee website, there are very few collet dies for pistol calibres. Certainly not for 357. They are mostly used for rifle.
Hi All,
Just starting out reloading and wondered if anyone can explain the difference between the Lee collet style crimp dies and factory crimp die? Especially the pros and cons for pistol calibres.
I can see the physical difference, so was wondering what the difference in result is?
I’m looking to use it for .357 initially.
Thanks
If you look at the Lee website, there are very few collet dies for pistol calibres. Certainly not for 357. They are mostly used for rifle.
They make one: https://www.reloading.co.uk/lee-colletcrimp-357mag.html
Seems there are 3 types of crimp die; rifle style, revolver and self loading pistol, with the latter being the carbide version.
Wondering if anyone has an opinion if the rifle style collet crimp die is better/worse than the carbide die for use in a tubular magazine?
You are correct - not listed in their die table
https://leeprecision.com/reloading-dies/hand-gun-dies/
I'll be reloading 357 soon too, so im interested.
I found this
https://youtu.be/YWnw0sTBO8w
Just use the standard Lee die set ,The seater/crimp die will put enough crimp on a 357 to hold it firm .Been using that setup since the late 80's and never had a bullet move in it's case through lever action's and full blown maximum load's when we still had handgun's.