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Offline LaDano

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357 max dies
« on: September 04, 2012, 06:39:40 PM »
Is there a difference between the 357mag & 357max dies? I have a 357max barrel on its way and I want to get my ducks in a row soon.

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Re: 357 max dies
« Reply #1 on: September 04, 2012, 07:07:17 PM »
i dunno. . . . .


i would think you would be able
to do everything except full-length resize.
(i think)
(maybe)


i'm sure one of these guys here that has
a max can tell you better than i can.


i've not loaded for or owned a max
(yet) ;D
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Re: 357 max dies
« Reply #2 on: September 04, 2012, 07:28:25 PM »
You can full length resize with mag set. The seating die wont screw in press very far but it works
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Re: 357 max dies
« Reply #3 on: September 04, 2012, 07:54:01 PM »
So I can get by with the mad dies if I don't come by a Mac. I just looked around on RCBS's site and it seems like they are the same. They didn't list a different die set for each. I'm excited to get this together for my son, can't wait to see his face when he finds out.

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Re: 357 max dies
« Reply #4 on: September 04, 2012, 11:32:53 PM »
MOST, 357 Mag dies will load a 357 maximum just fine.

If any doubt, contact the manufacturer of the dies.

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Re: 357 max dies
« Reply #5 on: September 05, 2012, 12:15:41 AM »
Great, Thanx.
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Re: 357 max dies
« Reply #6 on: September 05, 2012, 05:25:56 AM »
With a straight wall case, the shorter dies work for the longest rounds.  (.38 special for .357 mag, .357 max.)  (.32 S&w for .32 acp, .32 s&w long, .32 mag, .327 Federal.)
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Re: 357 max dies
« Reply #7 on: September 05, 2012, 05:54:30 AM »
I kinda figured that, it made sense. I just wanted to b sure before I bought a set.


Thanx again
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Re: 357 max dies
« Reply #8 on: September 05, 2012, 06:12:38 AM »
I don't think the Lee 38 spl set will work with the Max.  If you go Lee I believe you will need the 357 Mag set. 
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Re: 357 max dies
« Reply #9 on: September 05, 2012, 06:38:48 AM »
I'm trying to keep all my dies RCBS. Thanx for the tip though, much appreciated.
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Re: 357 max dies
« Reply #10 on: September 05, 2012, 09:24:35 AM »
I have a set of Hornady's that I have loaded hundreds of max. with.
The box states .38 spl. 357 mag .357 max.
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Re: 357 max dies
« Reply #11 on: September 05, 2012, 10:39:47 AM »
Quote from: LaDano on September 05, 2012, 06:38:48 AM
I'm trying to keep all my dies RCBS. Thanx for the tip though, much appreciated.

I have three sets of 357 Mag dies, a newer Redding carbide, a 25 year old RCBS carbide and a 40 year old Lyman All American steel die set. ALL load 357 Maxi just fine.

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Re: 357 max dies
« Reply #12 on: September 05, 2012, 06:24:09 PM »
Quote from: LaDano on September 05, 2012, 06:38:48 AM
I'm trying to keep all my dies RCBS. Thanx for the tip though, much appreciated.
Huh.  I regret every RCBS die set I bought, and wish I had bought Lee dies from the get-go.  More features for less money.
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Re: 357 max dies
« Reply #13 on: September 05, 2012, 06:59:17 PM »
"I regret every RCBS die set I bought"

Really? Kind of harsh, since RCBS has a very good reputation.

I have RCBS, Hornady, Lee, Redding, Forster and 1 Lyman die. I do not regret buying any of them. I know 1 thing, if I ever have a problem with an RCBS die, it will be taken care of promptly and at no cost. They have done it for me, even though I told them it was my fault. I can not say the same about a Lee die. I have bought Lee dies, when I could not get others and I felt, I just had to have it now. But I know I am taking a chance too. Some times you get what you pay for. Don't get me wrong, I really like the Lee Collet dies, but I know that if something goes wrong with a Lee die, it is on me.

Maybe it is just me, but there just seems to be a smoothness about the better (more expensive) dies, that the Lee dies just do not seem to have. But that is my opinion, others will vary. Usually, when I go cheap, I later regret the decision...not always, but enough to make me really think about it a lot before buying the cheapest in the future. So, I do not let price drive my decisions, it is considered, but not the be all, end all answer.

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Re: 357 max dies
« Reply #14 on: September 06, 2012, 06:05:06 PM »
Quote from: YRUpunting? on September 05, 2012, 06:12:38 AM
I don't think the Lee 38 spl set will work with the Max.  If you go Lee I believe you will need the 357 Mag set.

I load 357 Max with a 38 Special Lee die set.
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Re: 357 max dies
« Reply #15 on: September 06, 2012, 06:34:29 PM »
I'm in the market for a set. I fell asleep when the maxi set died on eBay yesterday.
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Re: 357 max dies
« Reply #16 on: September 07, 2012, 06:22:12 PM »
I contacted Lee, my preferred reloading equipment maker. They said my current 357 die set would work fine for 38 Special, 357 Magnum, and 357 Maximum.
There ya go, from the horse's mouth !
 
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Re: 357 max dies
« Reply #17 on: September 07, 2012, 06:24:40 PM »
Thanx, I'm bidding on another set now.
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