quality dies

partisan

March 20, 2009 13:38

I am going to reload 243 for my son's Rem. 700. All i have reloaded so far has been pistol. Is there a difference in rifle dies, and quality? My brother in-law says Hornady makes a great set. He shoots competively. Is RCBS, Redding, Lyman, Pacific, Hornady, etc.. is there a distinct difference? I notice some cost more than others. Your opinion is appreciated.

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  partisan

  March 20, 2009 13:38

  I am going to begin loading .40 S&W, and .380 acp. All my old equipment, including all my dies are RCBS. Since I need 2 sets of dies, I am considering Lee Dies just because of price. Can anybody out there convince me that I would be better off paying the extra money and staying with RCBS? Thanks!

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  reloader44mag

  March 20, 2009 15:31

  I use Lee 4 die sets to do 40S&W and 45acp. For the price they work great for me.

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  jonk

  March 20, 2009 16:46

  I've not noticed a difference in quality of ammo loaded on Lee, RCBS, Hornady, or Lyman, all on my bench. I say go for the cheapest (I only got the others as I got them used at a show cheap)

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  MIKE WISKEY

  March 21, 2009 05:35

  unless you are a brenchrest shooter lee dies work as well as any other.

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  Nwcid

  March 21, 2009 09:44

  Well for pistol it has been worth it to me to switch to the Hornady TiN dies since they feel much smoother to me. I had some carbide RCBS dies but after trying the Hornady dies I got rid of all my carbides.

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  partisan

  March 21, 2009 14:27

  Thanks to all of you!

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