Thread: 6.5x47 with a Lee Collet Die

Originally Posted by shooternz

.... don't blame the S die it could be any of the tools in the process.... check that the the ram in the press is true and the shell holder is square with the bottom of the die......

I got 9/10ths of the way to fixing this by experimentation yesterday. Yes, the die doesn't support the case so without anything being wrong with the die it still requires more from the other parts of the reloading system than dies that do engage the case body to centre the neck. The press unfortunately is worn, but the fix was to rotate the shell holder by 180 degrees and feed from the other side.... not perfect results but much much better. I haven't worked out what exactly was wrong and why this has made an apparent improvement. I'll see how the rounds shoot before saying any more. No need now then to modify a Lee as previously planned though. Thanks again for all the feedback.

Originally Posted by Puffin

I got 9/10ths of the way to fixing this by experimentation yesterday. ...the fix was to rotate the shell holder by 180 degrees and feed from the other side.... not perfect results but much much better. ....

This suggests to me your shellholder isn't correctly aligning the case with the axis of the die, or the base of the shellholder isn't perpendicular to this axis.