9mm Sizing/decapping die with larger... funnel?

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Ever since I've had these Lee dies, I get a few cases that get crushed going into the sizing die. It appears that the Lee sizing die has a fairly small mouth, so I'm wondering if anyone makes one with a little wider mouth to handle a little more slop. Anybody know who makes one with a bigger mouth than the Lee?
 
The carbide dies I have for 9mm Luger and 40 S&W are Dillon and RCBS. I have never had problems crunching cases when using them. The have fairly generous mouths but do not size as far down on the case as my old noncarbide dies from decades ago. Those old dies have fairly sharp edges on the bottom and size almost all the way down to the extractor groove but often require that you guide the cases into the opening with your fingers.
 
Charlie said:
The carbide dies I have for 9mm Luger and 40 S&W are Dillon and RCBS. I have never had problems crunching cases when using them. The have fairly generous mouths but do not size as far down on the case as my old noncarbide dies from decades ago. Those old dies have fairly sharp edges on the bottom and size almost all the way down to the extractor groove but often require that you guide the cases into the opening with your fingers.
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That would probably work, since I run all of them through a Lee FCD on the last station anyways, which has a sizing ring too.
 
slow is slow said:
Hornady precision are tight mouthed too, if a case leans just a little, it'll crush the sidewall.
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Yep, I have a Hornady in my 550B press, and I have to be careful with the case going into the sizing die.

Back to the OP question, though, I'm with Charlie on this, I think the Dillon sizing dies have a more generous radius but don't size as far down on the case.
 
whenever i have crushed a case its cause i was going to fast and not aligning it right, i have lee dies and when something goes wrong its always user error on my end.
 
Zedhound said:
whenever i have crushed a case its cause i was going to fast and not aligning it right, i have lee dies and when something goes wrong its always user error on my end.
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This particular die has been picky ever since I had in on my turret press, so I'm going to blame the die for now.
 
FlatFender said:
This particular die has been picky ever since I had in on my turret press, so I'm going to blame the die for now.
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Lee has a 2 year warranty. I'm sure if you call them they will replace it


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