Please help identifying these Corbin Dies

I have 4 of these corbin dies. The boxes are labeled point form die for .224, 22 hornet pt form die, 224 core seat, and 243. These are handwritten labels on the original corbin box so I am unsure if thats what they really are.

The 2 point form dies are fairly easy to ID. But I have these two and I can't figure out what they are. They both apear to be core seat dies, but I am a newb and know very little. The die on the right has a stem that measure .201" and has what appears to be 3 vent holes. The one on the left has a stem that measure .219" and no vent holes. My first inkling is that they are the .224 and .243 core seat dies or maybe even a squirt die??? Can I get a confirmation? Thanks in advance!

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Last edited by IllinoisCoyoteHunter; Yesterday at 07:40 PM.

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The one with the holes is a bleed or squirt die. Based off your diameter I would say for a .224 core. The other based off your measurement would be a core seat die for .224 jackets.

Try measuring the holes in the dies and I think it will make more sense to you.

Oh yeah. You should also have some rods for these with knurled nobs on the top. Those are used for the ejection process.

Yes I have those ejection rods. The holes in the dies are very close to the same diameter as the pins as they are machined to extremely close tolerances. Thanks for the info!

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Yes they should be very close but take for instance the core seat die should be right at .223 and the squirt die should be about .207 enough for the lead core to fit inside of a jacket.

Yes sir! Thanks for the info. I am slowly learning. Now I just have to figure out the difference between the 224 standard pt form die and the "22 hornet" pt form die. Probably subtle differences in the ogive figuring the hornet usually shoot lighter bullets. I will just have to swage some and see for myself. Thanks!

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I would definitely be interested. Let me know, if you would please, what you come up with. Just some more learning!

I doubt that Corbin called them hornet dies. I would hazard a guess that the previous owner just put that in there so he knew what die he was using to make bullets for what rifle. Since a 22 hornet uses fairly light bullets my guess would be that its probably a 6s or blunter Ogive radius. I would also almost bet my life that it is marked with an ogive such as 1E 3/4E 4s 5s 6s ETC. when you get to spitzer shaped bullets the higher the "S" number the pointer the ogive is and usually heavier the bullet is.

Reload, kinda what I was thinking... Thanks for all the help! These are handwritten labels on the original corbin box so I am unsure if thats what they really are.

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Abbreviations used in Reloading
Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt"

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