Anyone use one for the .357 Sig? What do you think of it?
Thanks

I use them a lot and think reloading 357sig with one it would make it a lot easier in the long run.

Small bottle neck cartridges usally have thin necks and can be difficult to crimp.

I don't reload for that particular caliber. I do use the Lee FCD for every caliber I do reload. It does an excellent job.

Hi E.G.,
I'm with Orion1,
I don't have a .357 Sig but after I load for my semiautos on a progressive I run everything through a FCD in a single stage. It takes a little extra time but makes my autos run very reliably.
Hope it works for you.
Mike

I do not load .357 Sig but do load 7.62 x 25 (Tokarev). This bottleneck cartridge functions much more reliably after a trip through the Lee FCD.

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Originally posted by orion1:
I don't reload for that particular caliber. I do use the Lee FCD for every caliber I do reload. It does an excellent job.

+1 ditto...

I just added the FCD to the fourth stage on my Dillon 550 and love it! So far I am using it for .45 ACP and 9mm but I am about to order for .44 Mag and .357 Mag as well.

Frank

I called Lee and ordered one,it will be here sometime this week.I'll let you all know how it works out with the .357 Sig.
Thanks to you all.

It works well for the sig. It is one of the few pistol rounds that I will use and FCD for.

No .357 Sig here.

I use the Lee FCD for the .380 Auto, .38 Special/.357 Mag, .44 Mag, .38-40, .45 Colt, and the 500 Mag. Best thing to come along in reloading in years.

Smitty

What function does the Lee FCD do that makes it better than a regular crimp die?
regards,
Ralph

Hi M57,
It has a carbide ring that aligns everything along with the crimp.
It really helps when I am getting 9mm's off the progressive press. They are small and often have a bulge on one side of the case from seating the bullet. Some of my .45's are like that too at times. It seems to show more with cast bullets but the Lee FCD makes them all nice looking and reliable again.
Hope this helps
Mike

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Originally posted by mod57:
What function does the Lee FCD do that makes it better than a regular crimp die?
regards,
Ralph

The FCD is not case length sensitive so there's no need to trim cartridges and adjusting the FCD is a snap.
You can use bullets that don't have a canelure (crimp ring) in them because the FCD will make it's own canelure. I use the .50 AE bullets in my 500 Mag reloads that don't have a canelure and I just bear down hard on the press handle and it puts a crimp groove in it. I've never had a bullet to back out of the casing from the 500 Mag's recoil.

Smitty

Ahhhh....whassa "fractory" crimp die?

Had one, didn't like it, for various reasons, which definitely puts me in the minority here.

I just think that everything that should be done can be done well by a quality standard set of reloading dies.

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Originally posted by sniper:

I just think that everything that should be done can be done well by a quality standard set of reloading dies.

Yeah, and an ax will cut a tree down just fine but I prefer to use a chain saw?

Smitty