I am converting everything to Forester Competition dies.
u cant go wrong with the little green boxes!
RCBS has outstanding customer service, if it breaks just call them and they will typically send u a replacement no questiond asked. Price is decent and quality is top notch... they are just an all around good die. I love there collet style bullet pullers.
Lyman are ok and Lee make good paper weights
I have a set of hornady 30-06 dies and the floating bullet holder is a neat but not a deal sealer for me, they just collect dust on my shelf cause i use my green ones instead
RCBS has outstanding customer service, if it breaks just call them and they will typically send u a replacement no questiond asked. Price is decent and quality is top notch... they are just an all around good die. I love there collet style bullet pullers.
Lyman are ok and Lee make good paper weights
I have a set of hornady 30-06 dies and the floating bullet holder is a neat but not a deal sealer for me, they just collect dust on my shelf cause i use my green ones instead
I would like some WHY as well.
u cant go wrong with the little green boxes!
RCBS has outstanding customer service, if it breaks just call them and they will typically send u a replacement no questiond asked. Price is decent and quality is top notch... they are just an all around good die. I love there collet style bullet pullers.
Lyman are ok and Lee make good paper weights
I have a set of hornady 30-06 dies and the floating bullet holder is a neat but not a deal sealer for me, they just collect dust on my shelf cause i use my green ones instead
Thats why!!!
I like the Hornady's because of the floating seater AND that they seat on the ogive rather than the tip (particularly on pistol bullets).
I like the Lee "U" dies because they size the case smaller and farther down, nearly eliminating loaded ammo that will not gage correctly, which may cause malfunctions in semi-autos.
I like the Redding Competition seating dies because they have a floating seater that seats on the ogive, that is also spring loaded to better control the seating process. I also like the micrometer feature, which allows you to set the dies precisely for different bullet weights without guessing and testing.
I like the Lee "U" dies because they size the case smaller and farther down, nearly eliminating loaded ammo that will not gage correctly, which may cause malfunctions in semi-autos.
I like the Redding Competition seating dies because they have a floating seater that seats on the ogive, that is also spring loaded to better control the seating process. I also like the micrometer feature, which allows you to set the dies precisely for different bullet weights without guessing and testing.
Forester benchrest - the whole case is supported in spring loaded slider. I've been getting 50-60 rounds with sub .003 OOR out of batch of 80 VS 40-50 with RSBC or Lee.
Interesting. Know anywhere I can see them around here or a cut away view on the Internet?
Currently using Redding, RCBS, Hornady, Dillion, Pacific, Lee. Some of the best groups I have shot have been loaded with the Lee Collet dies. The cases are fireformed to the chamber and your only neck sizing. Downside is if you have more than one rifle in that caliber, the rounds probably won't chamber in the other rifles.
Z06Man,
Sometimes it depends on what you are reloading for as to which dies work best. For instance on the K31 Swiss, Redding makes the best ones. The others tend ot oversize the case.
Donald
Sometimes it depends on what you are reloading for as to which dies work best. For instance on the K31 Swiss, Redding makes the best ones. The others tend ot oversize the case.
Donald
