06-10-2020, 02:55 AM
H2S,
i often switch lyman "M" die expanders into both long and short bodied seating or expanding dies. typically all the newer dies from the same brand use mostly the same parts. so if you have a newer style RCBS 7.62x39 or maybe even a RCBS 308 Win length seater die, pull the seater stem out and thread in the lyman M stem and you're good to go. or even with a pistol die body, like a 44Mag or 45 Colt pull the expander stem and thread in the "M"die stem, and you're good to go. of course you'll have to adjust both the die body lock ring and the stem depth for the die body and press you're using. i think lyman also makes a pistol body length 44Mag or 45 Colt seater that you could pull the seater stem out and thread in the "M" die stem and you're on your way.
-tdbru
i often switch lyman "M" die expanders into both long and short bodied seating or expanding dies. typically all the newer dies from the same brand use mostly the same parts. so if you have a newer style RCBS 7.62x39 or maybe even a RCBS 308 Win length seater die, pull the seater stem out and thread in the lyman M stem and you're good to go. or even with a pistol die body, like a 44Mag or 45 Colt pull the expander stem and thread in the "M"die stem, and you're good to go. of course you'll have to adjust both the die body lock ring and the stem depth for the die body and press you're using. i think lyman also makes a pistol body length 44Mag or 45 Colt seater that you could pull the seater stem out and thread in the "M" die stem and you're on your way.
-tdbru