How did you get the ring out?
Screw the die into your press to hold it. Then remove the innards, leaving you with the die shell. At this point I took a small cold chisel and went through the top until it rested on the shoulder that supports the carbide ring. The die body itself is dead soft, so I just hit the chisel with my 3 lb hammer a couple of whacks, and the chisel cut through the shoulder and pushed the insert out intact. I dressed up the cut edge in the die with my Dremel, and was done. I had originally tried to heat the insert and pry it out, but it didn't work out. The heat was to release the locking compound Lees reputed to use on the inserts.
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- I pulled a couple of those 9mm cast 124's -
Slow Hand,
2013-09-20, 20:12
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- Just use a std taper crimp die. -
anachronism,
2013-09-20, 20:51
- I just use a taper crimp die too. - Jared, 2013-09-20, 20:57
- I stopped using the FCD on straight wall stuff... -
rob,
2013-09-20, 23:17
- The factory crimp die in handguns is designed to -
Todd C,
2013-09-21, 08:25
- I did this too. - anachronism, 2013-09-21, 09:01
- Just looked at my ACP die.... -
rob,
2013-09-21, 09:46
- Just looked at my ACP die.... - Jared, 2013-09-21, 12:46
- How did you get the ring out? -
rob,
2013-09-21, 09:50
- How did you get the ring out? -
anachronism,
2013-09-22, 09:05
- That sounds good... - rob, 2013-09-22, 17:13
- How did you get the ring out? -
anachronism,
2013-09-22, 09:05
- The factory crimp die in handguns is designed to -
Todd C,
2013-09-21, 08:25
- I pulled a couple of those 9mm cast 124's - Cherokee, 2013-09-21, 14:54
- Just use a std taper crimp die. -
anachronism,
2013-09-20, 20:51