Reviews & Ratings for Lee 90046 Lube & Sizing Kit One Kit .356 Standard 7/8" X 14" Threads — 4 reviews — Page 1

Shipping was fast and easy product was good work like it should turn down some nice cast bullets would recommend this for any body that is casting their own bullets very nice Sizer with the lube makes for easy sizing

I cast .356 Diameter 125 Grain Round Nose Bullets, powder coat them then run them through the Lee resizer die. They load perfectly without flaw. I highly recomend this product for anyone who intends to cast 9mm, especially if you plan to powder coat your work. This die is built more than strong enough to do this job.

I ususlly use the RCBS sizing Lubamatic process which reuqires time and a specific top punch, with the lee system it is much faster ant do not requires a particular top punch for each type of bullet.
The only incovenient is the room each kit is taking in storage

The specified diameter of a Lee Lube and Size Kit is the actual diameter of the die and not the intended finished diameter of the bullet. Lee produces these dies by forcing a carbide ball through a slightly undersized die until the stated die diameter is achieved. The actual finished diameter of a bullet is dependent upon the ‘springback’ of that specific bullet.

(Note: As accurately as I can measure and from what I consider to be credible sources, for all practical purposes, 100% pure lead does not spring back. However, bullets made with the typical lead alloys used to cast lead bullets do indeed spring back... and different alloys and different processes result in different springback.)

The die of the 356 Diameter Kit that I received actually measured 0.3561” (close enough for my purposes). The typical finished diameter of about 2500 slightly oversized (commercially cast) 9 mm Luger 147 gr LFP bullets that I resized averaged about 0.3564”. The springback for these particular (cast lead alloy) bullets averaged about 0.0002” to 0.0004”.

Lee offers ‘custom’ kits (which, in my opinion, are really ‘not stocked’ standard kits) in increments of 0.001”. So, if I want a slightly smaller finished bullet diameter, I’ll have to special order a slightly more costly Lee Custom Lube and Size Kit 355 Diameter to get their next smaller 0.355” die and expect the finished bullet diameter to be about 0.3554” (or, if desired, increase the die diameter slightly with a dowel rod and some 1000 ...
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