Thread: Dies

Originally Posted by ebf

Maca49, if you (or anyone else for that matter) have an unloved Lee kit languishing in your shed, I'd quite happily pay for shipping

It would get well used...

Im just loading some 45/70 and use it to seat my 577/450 From an engineers perspective you get what you pay for and My personal thoughts are they are made for price not quality - personal view, it achieves all I need. Same with Lee dies and their alloy projectile moulds.

lee anniversary kit is what i bought from reloaders last year. I didnt no the first thing about reloading but this kit has honestly been the best thing i have bought to date. It came with all the little case prep tools, priming tools and everything needed to get started. sure its not the best quality but it does definitely do the job.

I wish i knew about this forum before i got into rifles as you learn so much here, i still think i would have bought the lie kit anyway as it just has everything you need to get some pills downrange.

In terms of dies, i have used lee, lyman and hornady. Hornady and lyman dies definitely feel nicer. The best die i have used yet is a lee collet die for neck sizing 204. Man is that thing a time saver and easy to use.

Originally Posted by Maca49

Im just loading some 45/70 and use it to seat my 577/450

Jeez, haven't heard of someone shooting Martini Henry in a looong time

Originally Posted by ebf

Jeez, haven't heard of someone shooting Martini Henry in a looong time

Yep have some awesome fun with it,once I get the loads sorted am taking it for a deer. Guy I bought it off used for deer on a regular basis. Good enough for Zulus good enough for a feed of venison?

Originally Posted by Maca49

Yep have some awesome fun with it,once I get the loads sorted am taking it for a deer. Guy I bought it off used for deer on a regular basis. Good enough for Zulus good enough for a feed of venison?

Hehe, I think my great-great grandpa may have bowled over a couple of red-jackets with one, we had a couple in the family, was a very popular rifle in the Anglo Boer wars. Big-ass projectiles huh

Originally Posted by ebf

Hehe, I think my great-great grandpa may have bowled over a couple of red-jackets with one, we had a couple in the family, was a very popular rifle in the Anglo Boer wars. Big-ass projectiles huh

Some of those poor bastards must have died a horrible death after being pinged with a projectile like that!

use good lube.....LOL

Im tossing up (oops) between the Lee kit at $200 and the rcbs at $600. To put it in perspective even 2 lee kits for $400 and still be able to afford very good dies ($100?) or even the lee stand at $150 (any good?), or for $200 a ultra sound cleaner and still have some $s left ....kind of makes you wonder on the $600.

What are ppls fav dies? Specifically I'd want 308 and probably nothing else. I would spend more if that helps accuracy & life. I like to buy things that last and my son inherit (being morbid I guess).

Originally Posted by steven

use good lube.....LOL

Im tossing up (oops) between the Lee kit at $200 and the rcbs at $600. To put it in perspective even 2 lee kits for $400 and still be able to afford very good dies ($100?) or even the lee stand at $150 (any good?), or for $200 a ultra sound cleaner and still have some $s left ....kind of makes you wonder on
What are ppls fav dies? Specifically I'd want 308 and probably nothing else. I would spend more if that helps accuracy & life. I like to buy things that last and my son inherit (being morbid I guess).

Go for the rcbs, forget your son he will end up earning more than you and he will turn it to profit when you die and he cleans out your shed.