Re: Which Dies?
Posted by John 23 Harris on Apr 13, 2020; 7:47pm
URL: http://oldforum.flyshooter.com.au/Which-Dies-tp5710760p5710761.html
My uno way to go when trying not to break the bank is a le Wilson full length bushing die matched with either a Le Wilson in-line die or a Forster ultramatch seating die .
I also own Redding comp with also the micrometer neck die .
Although these are a really nice set of dies that make some pretty straight ammo I don’t believe they deserve the current price tag .
I also have a custom built set of dies for my ppc .
In terms of custom or not .
From my limited experience there is no measurable gain from them .
My custom dies fit so tight that they have a vacuum and when seating bullets I have remove the seating stem and reinsert it to use it as a air compressor to shoot the loaded round out .
Even with these very tight tolerance my concentricity still remains 0.002” and under .
No different than my other die sets .
Arbour press or not ....
Arbour press solely because it is a portable solution to reloading .
And perhaps when seating bullets the inline type have a slight edge on screw in .
I use a K&M arbour press , I bought that brand because it was available and looks nice .
It is not the one I wanted though , I wanted the 21’st century long arm model as it is leaver driven and dose not have the rack and piñon of the other brands .
You mentioned Lee dies in your post .
Lee makes a collect neck sizing die that works really well .
The other dies are pretty crap .
Excluding smartreloader lee is the bottom end of the reloading market excluding a few little gems like the collet die and the powder thrower I mentioned to you previously.
Short of the long .
Buy a quality brand and more importantly what is available.
More often than not a availability governs a lot of your purchasing when sourcing this stuff .