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Hi everyone, I’ve just ordered a 0.217 and 0.218 die set from GMI for my Presslug. I’d love to hear your thoughts on their quality and your overall experience using these dies. Any feedback or tips would be appreciated!

thanks Thanks Engg.Ken, my bank is blocking payment to your website. any reason why?

Hi, yes — it’s lead ingress between the two parts of the split die, which pushes outward and puts pressure on the ring, making it difficult to unscrew. This happened to me once as well. What lubricant are you using? I had to clamp the whole assembly in a vice and free it with a punch and hammer.

I've only had issues with the PS dies. The press itself is great. I've reached out to the team at PS but they do not seem willing to resolve these issues. For this reason I'm looking at Corbin going forward. In the meantime I will be looking at replacement dies for the PS from GMI

Question while we are on the topic of bad vs good quality 😆 this is a slug mass produced and I do not understand how they get this smooth almost waxy finish witch all large pellets and slug manufacturers achieve. Please can someone enlighten me. Thanks

Look at the gap between the dies, you will see an ever so slightly larger gap

Hi, yes — it’s lead ingress between the two parts of the split die, which pushes outward and puts pressure on the ring, making it difficult to unscrew. This happened to me once as well. What lubricant are you using? I had to clamp the whole assembly in a vice and free it with a punch and hammer.

Question what should the Wire diameter be for a 0.22 die?

Ok, now after cleaning the die with some solvent just to clean up all the buildup gunk and re luring everything this is what I get :cry:

Yeah, I'll get into contact with PS not sure if my local supplier will see this in the same light...

Hi. Another issue im trying to resolve with the Presslug is this "smear mark" caused by the bleed hole on the die. Are there any lead composition alternatives or lubrication alternatives I can try. Or as I suspect the bleed hole position is to close to the ogive?.. thanks

Hi, where do I enquire?

Thank you, Jan, for getting back to my email. It says a lot when a manufacturer takes the time to respond and work with the user to resolve an issue.

I know one of the Questions asked earlier what is the diameter of the breached bits, it's 1.45mm

Also overall finish is not to bad, but I think getting better lead with some antimonium could possibly improve the flashing issue, any thoughts?