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about the 480 Achilles. This will be especially of interest to all the shooters of the 480 Achilles ... all 4 or 5 of them.

John Killebrew of KDM (http://kdmcans.com) has designed and built a proper crimp die for the 480 Achilles. We cobbled together the old crimp die using the Lee collet die for the .45-70. We had to use a spacer to get the crimp to work and while it did the job, it was tedious.

John's crimp die works like proper crimp die requiring only the shell holder.

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This is a huge improvement and will make the reloading lives of the 480 Achilles shooters much easier. Now I gotta go shoot up a bunch of ammo so I can use it!

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A few things I've learned about them...

1) The 41 Magnum FC Die works for 41 Special.
2) The 38-40 FC Die works for the 401 GNR using bullets w/o a cannelure.
3) So far, they have completely eliminated bullet pull in my revolvers chambered in rimless rounds.
4) They are the only dies I trust to crimp bottleneck auto pistol rounds.

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Yep, those dies are great in factory calibers too...

you say "those dies" . Whose dies are they?

Lee Collet/Factory Crimp Dies...