The Frontier Sixshooter Community Message Board - I have the full-length die set but not the form and trim...

I have the full-length die set but not the form and trim... (reply)

Hobie — Sun, 05 Jul 2015 21:46:01 +0000

Well, not to hand. It is down there somewhere!

Lost something else... yeah, again... (reply)

Bob Hatfield — Sun, 05 Jul 2015 19:03:39 +0000

Cable gave me a box of Norma 7.65 brass. I had some back in the early eighties but used a Lee Loader back then. For some unknown reason this Norma brass will not fit in my autoprime Lee shell holder that I use for .308/06/8mm etc. I had to prime with a universal press priming tool that uses the die shell holder.

I lost my 7.65 dies somewhere in the 90's in a move. Since then I've used .308 dies to size the neck enough to hold and seat a bullet.

Bob

Lost something else... yeah, again...

Hobie — Sun, 05 Jul 2015 01:07:49 +0000

I was at work and we had some odd pieces of fired brass come in (8x57, .25-06, .270 Win, .30-06) I had a thought I would convert that brass to 7.65x53mm Argentine and brought it home. Today I had some free time and pulled out the 7.65x53mm Argentine die set box expecting to find the form and trim die and extended shell-holder. Nope. Not there. A review of the die sets revealed 6-sets for cartridges I don't shoot, you know, just in case. None of them contained the missing form and trim or extended shell holder. I do have a second brand new extended shell-holder (?). I know it has to be here somewhere (no, it isn't in the ammo can either). I could have sworn it was in a RCBS die box correctly marked for it. I don't know anyone around here who shoots the 7.65 Argentine and last used the F&T die about 8 years ago. I am pretty sure it has to be here, but where? This sort of thing happens every once in a while, I'll probably find it in a couple of years. Oh, by the way, I also got 100 new Norma cases for $19.00! I paid more for a box of 20 in 1972.