Ok guys ive got these lyman/ideal 310 dies in 50-110, 50-70 and 500 s&w. I would like to use these dies on my dillon 550 press. Saw an adapter online 7/8-14 outside by 5/8-30 inside. Thought that would work fine.....well i bought it, the 7/8-14 worked fine but what is this 5/8-30 baloney....my dies are just a tad too big. I mic them and they are .645+- a thou or so by 30.
Well cant find any adapters that that will fit my dies on the inside size thought I'll just make a tap and make my own adapters 7/8-14 on the outside and .645-30 on the inside...well you know it my lathe wont turn 30 tpi, go figure...so i figure I'll just buy a 5/8-30 DIE spread it apart a little, turn my hardenable steel blank to diam and thread it to dimension. I did all that and the homemade tap was still undersize.
You talk about frustration...you would think as many of these dies that were made, someone would have a solution to using these dies in a regular 7/8-14 press.
Anyone run into this before? Any ideas....does anyone make a bigger adapter or a bigger .645/30 tap or know of a way to use these dies in a regular press.
My last alternative is to have a tap made and go from there or buy new 7/8-14 dies for each caliber...but im not made of money and at age i have plenty of time.
Well cant find any adapters that that will fit my dies on the inside size thought I'll just make a tap and make my own adapters 7/8-14 on the outside and .645-30 on the inside...well you know it my lathe wont turn 30 tpi, go figure...so i figure I'll just buy a 5/8-30 DIE spread it apart a little, turn my hardenable steel blank to diam and thread it to dimension. I did all that and the homemade tap was still undersize.
You talk about frustration...you would think as many of these dies that were made, someone would have a solution to using these dies in a regular 7/8-14 press.
Anyone run into this before? Any ideas....does anyone make a bigger adapter or a bigger .645/30 tap or know of a way to use these dies in a regular press.
My last alternative is to have a tap made and go from there or buy new 7/8-14 dies for each caliber...but im not made of money and at age i have plenty of time.