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Originally Posted by onslaught5012

Hi all, I have a Lee turret press, and screw the FL and NK dies down until they touch the shell holder, when the ram is up fully, and then a smidge more to get a real solid camming action with the handle. Is this normal? Should it not be touching the shell holder, I don't know how you could screw it down 1/8 turn at a time otherwise??
Thanks for any advise in advance :-)

Cheers,Len

It really depends on the head space of your rifle, just setting for the maximum sizing is not recommended as it could result in your ammo having excess head space stretching the web/body junction each firing resulting in case head separation.

Start with a case that has some resistance to closing the bolt in your rifle,wind up half a turn from the shell holder size and wind down 1/8th of a turn until the bolt just closes easily or just the slightest tension.