Kake Kutters
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I used a .357 shell for .357, but I expanded it to .358 by driving a Lee expander all the way down into it (drive a tap, pull it out, tap again, pull it out..... or you'll never get it out!) and it works pretty well. I drilled out the primer hole for a nail/plunger.
I dip em, and then cut em.... it's messy, but it works.
I dip em, and then cut em.... it's messy, but it works.
Not an expander die.... but the expander/bullet seating stem from a LEE Classic Loader. Perhaps if your bullet expander die made em .358, you could screw it down all the way and try that... but here is the thread explaining how I did it. YMMV.
http://thefiringline.com/forums/showthread.php?t=497855
http://thefiringline.com/forums/showthread.php?t=497855
Pretty easily made using an old golf club if you have one laying around. If not head over to a Goodwill store or look around in garage sales for one.
What I did was heat up the head so that the epoxy melted enough to pull the shaft out. After that I cleaned up the insides, and used my digital caliper to measure the thickness. I then just worked my way up the outsides until I got to the size I needed and used my dremmel tool with a cut off blade in it to chop it right off. Take a file and chamfer tool and clean up the end so it is square and deburred and then all thats left is to cut to a comfortable to use length.
If your lucky and find one of the older shafts that is graduated about every 6 or so inches to a larger size it makes it real easy to cut it maybe a half inch or so above the proper size, then when your shoving it down over you bullets, they simply run right up the middle and you can get 6 or 10 before having to dump it out.
What I did was heat up the head so that the epoxy melted enough to pull the shaft out. After that I cleaned up the insides, and used my digital caliper to measure the thickness. I then just worked my way up the outsides until I got to the size I needed and used my dremmel tool with a cut off blade in it to chop it right off. Take a file and chamfer tool and clean up the end so it is square and deburred and then all thats left is to cut to a comfortable to use length.
If your lucky and find one of the older shafts that is graduated about every 6 or so inches to a larger size it makes it real easy to cut it maybe a half inch or so above the proper size, then when your shoving it down over you bullets, they simply run right up the middle and you can get 6 or 10 before having to dump it out.