I contacted Lee Precision to order a FL sizing die for a 11.7x56R Remington Danish rifle. I have a cerrosafe casting of the chamber. Customer service canceled my order and refunded my money. It appears that they insist on 5 fired cases and 3 projectiles before they will produce the die. The chamber casting is not adequate for their need. While I would understand this for wildcat cartridge, I was a bit surprised to hear that Lee Precision is not able to make a die for a cartridge that has known specs and is simply obsolete. 

BACO is out of stock of 11.7x56R so I ordered 11.7x51R. I am curious if the die made for a 11.7x51R will work properly for 11.7x56R? I am hoping to use the die to reform .50 Alaskan brass to 11.7x56R. 

I also wonder if there is a way to talk to someone at Lee Precision other than customer service to see if that is actually true what the person answering emails said. Does anyone have a good contact at Lee Precision?

I recently contacted Redding about .40-50SS dies, and they wont make them. So seems they're out of the custom business. C&H4D tells me about 8 weeks from now they will notify me when the next run is back from heat treat and ready to ship.

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That's the reply I received from CH tool and die. Would prefer not to wait that long.