Thread: Do expensive dies make better ammunition?

Originally Posted by Branxhunter

I started reloading using very simple Super Simplex 5/8” dies and press. They neck size only. Accuracy for hunting was fine.

As opportunity arose I got a 7/8” press and started to collect 7/8” dies sets. Still use the Super Simolex gear for priming and for some seating jobs.

As I started to move into the .222 based wildcats I went the Redding S type bushing die route - with a .222 S type die and four bushings I can resize 250 Myra (25-222), 222, 20-222 and 17-222.

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I have also picked up some second hand Forster micrometer seating dies. The combination of a bushing die and micrometer seater made a noticeable improvement in accuracy for my .243, less so for others.

I too use plain old Lee collet dies for making up F class round for my Omark .308.

For the majority of hunting using factory rifles a basic die set will do the job. Expensive die sets won’t make up for untuned loads, poor bedding, poor rifling/crown or poor shooting technique.

Marcus

Tidy rounds.*Nice.