die questions

[van7559]

well I picked up some full length 30-06 dies, put the 223 dies back, I just plink with it anyway so I just cant see the saving loading it just yet.

[jmg8550]

Small base dies are full length sizer dies. Try the regular FL dies first, they might work just fine.

[DSB OUTDOORS]

I'm not following why you would need to use a full length die on brass that had been through small base dies?

Think of it like a rubber band keep pulling on it it gets stretched out and weak. The FL dies shove the brass back down toward the base. So you can stretch it out again.

Small base dies are full length sizer dies. Try the regular FL dies first, they might work just fine.

Small base dies DO Not touch the neck of the case and are not FL. The FL resizes the whole case. Thats why they also make a neck sizer die.

[Hoser]

Small base dies DO Not touch the neck of the case and are not FL.

I might have a few strange sets of SB dies. Mine are a FL resize and a small base die wrapped up in one.

However they sit on a shelf now days. I just use Dillon carbide. Smaller than a small base die by a couple thousandths and carbide so I dont have to use as much lube.

[DSB OUTDOORS]

The Small Base Sizer Die sizes the case from the shoulder to the head of the case a couple of thousandths smaller than a Full Length Sizer Die but it does not size the neck. this is from RCBS. I do prefer Dillon myself. But for small jobs I like the RCBS dies SB and FL they both work well.

[Hoser]

I must have an older die set.

Mine are stamped "Small Base FL Resize."

You sure you are not thinking of a body die?

The Small Base Sizer Die sizes the case from the shoulder to the head of the case a couple of thousandths smaller than a Full Length Sizer Die but it does not size the neck. this is from RCBS. I do prefer Dillon myself. But for small jobs I like the RCBS dies SB and FL they both work well.

[DSB OUTDOORS]

This is what I have.