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match/comp die set worth it ? - mel - 04-26-2020
just curious if id see any benefit of changing dies ive been using this lee set since i built my grendel https://www.midsouthshooterssupply.com/item/0000690557/6half-grendel-3-die-set-with-shellholder
when im upto it my rifle shoots great groups ranging from .350-.600 edge to edge
match/comp die set worth it ? - DDRanch - 04-26-2020
I use mostly Redding dies now for my bolt action and reach out and touch em loads. I like their competition seating dies, as it is easier to dial in OAL.
match/comp die set worth it ? - Mesa1978 - 04-26-2020
One thing about Redding seaters is that they typically need a VLD seater stem to avoid ogive rings. Pretty much an appearance thing, but another $25 + tax + shipping on top of the cost of the die itself. Forster seater is more cost and appearance effective in my experience, no need for added stems with 123 VLD bullets.
match/comp die set worth it ? - Mad Charlie - 04-26-2020
Big Forster fan here, and I have never in 40+ years used a lee die set, but I have read from a lot of folks that have. Therefore I can't give you a direct comparison. However, you seem to have somehow got an excellent set of lee dies. Might be hard to improve on what you are doing now. Only one way to find out, spend money. At least you will know that you didn't leave something on the table.
match/comp die set worth it ? - grayfox - 04-26-2020
If you're happy with what you're shooting why change...
Is there a serious match in your future? If not then it's hard to see what bennie's you'll get from changing over.
That being said I do not use any Lee dies except for an fcd crimper I just got.
Mine are all hornady, and rcbs (with a forster (I think) seating die for my 6.5 CM... easier to shift seating depths over when changing bullets).
But for the Grendel I'm doing fins with hornady's, the limiting factor right now in my shooting is me; so that's what I work on.
Once I get the bugs worked out there I'll think about other margins of error to work on.
match/comp die set worth it ? - FLshooter - 04-27-2020
I started out with RCBS dies. Once I got the Forster CoAx pres, I got Forster dies. Nothing wrong with the RCBS dies.They work fine.
match/comp die set worth it ? - centerfire - 04-27-2020
Over the last three days I have mic'd, sized, mandrel neck sized, and turned 300 cases in 6CM, 6.5CM, and 6.5PRC each. I can tell you without reservation that bushing dies don't help your runout. Somewhere in there I have a Forster die that sizes new brass case webs .002 and a regular old RCBS die that kicks out brass with .0005" of runout. I like micrometer dies, sizing dies I'm moving away from bushings if I can. My 6.5G ammo comes out damn good with a set of Forster dies. Lee dies still look like they're chambered with a hand drill.
match/comp die set worth it ? - FLshooter - 04-28-2020
centerfire Wrote:Over the last three days I have mic'd, sized, mandrel neck sized, and turned 300 cases in 6CM, 6.5CM, and 6.5PRC each. I can tell you without reservation that bushing dies don't help your runout. Somewhere in there I have a Forster die that sizes new brass case webs .002 and a regular old RCBS die that kicks out brass with .0005" of runout. I like micrometer dies, sizing dies I'm moving away from bushings if I can. My 6.5G ammo comes out damn good with a set of Forster dies. Lee dies still look like they're chambered with a hand drill.When I switched from my RCBS rock chucker press to a Forster Co Ax,it pretty much eliminated runout. I dont get anything more than .002
I believe its because the dies float in the Co Ax