New Newlon Micrometer Die

[Troy Newlon]

Thought you guys should be the first to see the new micrometer die! We have just finished testing and will be in full production in the next week. I would like to give a BIG THANKS to Billy Stevens (Steven's Accuracy) for his part in testing. His job was to see how accurate they are and to see if he could break the dies by crunching powder. I don't want to be the one to brag, so I'll let Billy tell you how accurate they are.
The biggest question so far seems to be, "Do they have a sliding sleeve?" The answer is no, but .000" run out is .000" run out whether it has a sleeve, whether it's a hand die or a press die.
I hope everybody likes 'em. Thanks again to Billy for all his hard work.

Troy Newlon, Newlon Precision

P.S. - Billy Steven's has the first dozen in stock, ready to go.

 

[JerrySharrett]

Thought you guys should be the first to see the new micrometer die! We have just finished testing and will be in full production in the next week. I would like to give a BIG THANKS to Billy Stevens (Steven's Accuracy) for his part in testing. His job was to see how accurate they are and to see if he could break the dies by crunching powder. I don't want to be the one to brag, so I'll let Billy tell you how accurate they are.
The biggest question so far seems to be, "Do they have a sliding sleeve?" The answer is no, but .000" run out is .000" run out whether it has a sleeve, whether it's a hand die or a press die.
I hope everybody likes 'em. Thanks again to Billy for all his hard work.

Troy Newlon, Newlon Precision

P.S. - Billy Steven's has the first dozen in stock, ready to go.

Nice machine work!

Since I don't see a decapping pin I assume this is a seater?

As to having a sliding sleeve, a required clearance between a sleeve and the die body is just another place to induce runout.

 

[rparker]

Two quick questions. How much are they, and is there any way to lock the micro
head after gitting it set.

 

[Troy Newlon]

The complete micrometer seater top, less the die body is $89.95 because of the expense of the Mitutoyo mic head. The complete micrometer seater die blank is $129.00
Yes you can lock the head, it has two opposing brass tipped set-screws, one you can put a light drag on the micrometer so that it cannot be easily moved, the other you can use to totally lock the head down.
It has a 316 Stainless Steel conical bullet seating stem and 0.500" of seating depth adjustment. The dies are available in .17 to .30 cal.
Thanks for the questions.

Troy

 

[Don]

I and others are a bit confused, Newlon dies are most often best known for die blanks that are usually finished machined by gunsmiths or end users, is that the case with these seating dies?

What part of these dies will still require finish machining? Body, shoulder, neck, bullet contact surface?

Is this the exact same type of seater die blank as a Wilson micrometer seater blank, where you just run a chamber reamer into the die body and everything else is already pre-fit?.................Don

 

[Troy Newlon]

Don,
The new micrometer seater die is just like all of our other die blanks in that we try to have the dies finished as much as humanly possible so that the gunsmith only has to ream the die with a chamber reamer. We have six different die body lengths, therefore on some cartridges the gunsmith may have to face off a small amount on the bottom of the die for the correct length. You do not have to finish ANYTHING on the seating stem or the micrometer itself. If you were to buy the complete micrometer top, it would simply screw right onto your old Newlon standard seating die. Thanks for the questions.

Troy

 

[Boyd Allen]

Yes

Added later:
I have a set of Troy's seating and sizing die blanks in front of me as I write this. The workmanship and attention to detail is outstanding. I have known Troy for many years. "Close enough" is not in his nature. He is a perfectionist.