fulll size vs. collet

[Dan in the Delta]

I use the Lee collet neck dies for every cartridge I load for except the 7.65mm Mauser. I think they're great.

One thing I do when I first get one of these dies is take it apart and polish out the tooling marks on the beveled portion of the collet and from the mouth of the collet sleeve. (In other words, where the collet and sleeve slide against each other during operation). I then apply a dab of grease around the mouth of the sleeve. Smoothing these parts out and applying just a small amount of grease makes them operate much better and with less effort.