Loading 50AK with 500L dies

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Bearskinner
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Loading 50AK with 500L dies

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I know the Lee crimp die will work fine, as the 500 Linebaugh and 50 Alaskan use the same bullets. Wondering if anyone loads and sizes the long cases, with 500 Linebaugh dies.
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earlmck
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Re: Loading 50AK with 500L dies

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I don't have either one of those cartridges but I looked at the dimensional drawings and I can see why you are asking the question. I can see from the drawings that if I had dies for the Linebaugh I would certainly be happily loading the Alaskan as long as I only needed to neck-size. I would worry a bit about oversizing the Alaskan case some if I needed a full-length size but I would try it first before rejecting the idea.
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