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Old dies and interchangeability

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Posted: Wed Sep 9th, 2009 05:16 AM

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edstarks
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I have a set of old Herters 6.5X257 Rob dies that I got with my rifle. Long story short I broke the expander ball. Does anyone know if I can use a different expander ball (of the same caliber of course) maybe a rcbs, lee...to work or doe anyone know of a satisfactory stock pile of old parts?

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Posted: Wed Sep 9th, 2009 03:21 PM

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i'm not sure on the herters i did use a 6.5 rcbs in a lee once when the decapping pin broke ..... for some reason when i think of herters and interchangeability i think of ch-4d ( no quotes plz ) i do know that they could make one ..sometimes gun parts co. has old parts ( tho i think they changed their name ? )

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Posted: Wed Sep 9th, 2009 03:29 PM

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With Herters stuff, check out Gun Broker or eBay for the parts. Herters hasn't been around for years, so part are getting hard to find.

Also if you find a deal on Herter's stuff with more than just want you want, buy it any way. Herters made a lot of really good stuff that was heavy duty.

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Posted: Fri Sep 11th, 2009 04:50 PM

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Don Fischer
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I just went in and took an expander ball off my 25-06 Redding die and it screws right on to my 25-06 Herter's MKIV dies. If you want I'll go pull an RCBS ball to, bet it will work!

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