NOE push through nose sizing update

When I first saw the new NOE push through sizer with the additional nose size feature, I thought that this was the “cat's meow". Particularly being able to nose size which was most interesting to me. However after wondering where the excess lead went when sizing the nose and reading another members thread while looking at his photos, I wasn't so sure. The pictures showed that when using the nose sizing feature, the die shaved the nose and pushed the excess lead down against the first driving band. Sort of a flower effect. Basically no good. And he reported that it took some effort.                  I am presently fitting the RCBS 7MM-145-SIL to the bore of a TC contender pistol 7-30 Waters. I fortunately got a good one. The mold drops a bullet with base bands just a tad larger than the throat slug and the nose is a little large for the  bore. So decided to take a chance with the NOE push through anyway to see if it could be made to work. Got it today with a .285” band and a .275 nose bushing.                  First try was exactly like the member wrote and the bullet came out looking like his photo with that ring of debris at the front of the first driving band. And it took some major effort on the press handle. Even after lubeing.  Pretty much useless.              The diameters that I needed were Bands - .285” and nose - .275". As dropped nose was .278". So was coming down some. The bands were sized first while seating a GC and they came out on the money at .285".                  I Chucked the nose bushing up in my lathe and first beveled the entry as much as I could with a bit, Then used a “cone” stone in the Dremel to put a very very slight short taper into the bottom of the nose sizer. Finally blended all together and polished with a couple Cratex wheels in the Dremel.                  Tried sizing the nose of another bullet. Again lubed with STP, only a little more this time. Very little effort and the front of the first driving band bumped up against the bottom of the bushing for a stop. The nose was sized perfectly and on the nuts at .275". The length of the bullet also grew by .006"