Hornady 178gr ELD-X

[Harter]

Makes me sad to read about Hornady having these kind of tool QC issues.

I only have a couple of specialty dies from them and don't really use them as intended...... I have an 8×57 neck die I use for cast in a fat bore 7.7×58 . Short version, w/o the expander it's sizes the neck just right for the .317 cast .

Seems strange to read about dies that aren't Lee needing final QC and repair to work or continue working that are so new . Maybe I've been spoiled having so many old tools .

[JeffreyDeGraff]

Makes me sad to read about Hornady having these kind of tool QC issues.

I only have a couple of specialty dies from them and don't really use them as intended...... I have an 8×57 neck die I use for cast in a fat bore 7.7×58 . Short version, w/o the expander it's sizes the neck just right for the .317 cast .

Seems strange to read about dies that aren't Lee needing final QC and repair to work or continue working that are so new . Maybe I've been spoiled having so many old tools .

The seating die itself is fine. The original seating stem that came with the die is fine (I haven’t used it). I had ordered a VLD style seating stem for the die, and it’s the part that is buggered. My thought is that the walls of the vld seating stem are thinner to accommodate this style of bullet, and that my mildly compressed load was just a little too much for it.


JTD