Wicked Hunter wrote:I have the FCd and have modded it. I guess what im trying to say is that by using an extented shell holder you would have to run the die up higher in the press which in turn would give you more threads exposed on the die for the lock-nut. I was just curious if there would be enough die left sticking through the bottom of the press for it to still work.Hopefully i have explained this better? Whats your thought
Like you, I don't have one of those extended shell holders, so at best all I could venture is a guess. The bottom of the top of the Lee Classic Cast is solid and you could run the shell holder up that far. In the case of the Rock Chucker, things get more tricky as there is a cavity up into the bottom of the top of the press. There's a chance that the extended shell holder might go slightly higher up into that cave, but it may get stuck up in it. Not having one, that is strictly conjecture. You should not have a problem reaching the die without the extended shell holder. I do not know what it is designed to correct.
I own many brands of dies, including Lees. I do not like the Lee lock nut and have relegated all of mine to a drawer and picked up a bulk pack of more conventional die lock nuts with set screws. I use them instead and as a bonus, their thinner composition, combined with threads which go all the way to the edge does not leave me in a situation where I don't have enough die shank sticking through the press to get several turns of the lock nut to secure them.
About the only recommendation that comes to mind, would be to omit the lock nut and put a couple of wraps of plumbers tape around the threads to make it more resistive to rotation.
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