carbine85
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Looks like I need to replace my 27+ year old RCB resizing die. In your opinion who's making the best dies. I use the dies for everything from mil surp brass to commercial brass.
What makes the Redding the better choice?i have dies made by lee RCBS Hornady & Redding
hands down get the Redding out of the 4 that i have
i think they are best
I have 2 rifles with tight chambers. The base of the die is showing wear and I have some feed problems. I'll bet this die has at least 15K of brass through it.They are all good.After 27yrs,why not RCBS again? Why are you replacing it,most never wear out a die? Lightman
That's a good start. Not nearly enough to wear a die appreciably and certainly not enough to wear one out unless you make a habit of sizing filthy brass.I'll bet this die has at least 15K of brass through it.
I love this feature. And Lee decapping pins and spindles are a wider and stronger than most. Of course, if you have never broken a pin, I can see why you wouldn't care. I can tell you it doesn't take much to break a Hornady pin. By the time you realize something's amiss, the decapping pin is broken and the spindle is bent. This could be due to a small stone covering the flash hole which pushes the pin off axis, a badly misplaced flash hole, a European case with smaller flash hole, or maybe even a Berdan primed case that snuck into your pile. The slipping pin was how I discovered that 9mm DAG cases have a small flashhole. Much less annoying that bending a spindle or breaking a pin. And I've stuck two cases in my Lee 223 die and hammered both out by the spindle, and the spindle/pin survived, straight and true. The one time it took full force blows with a 3 pound sledge hammer with the die supported by the ring between two blocks of hardwood over concrete. I was prepared to break the die and buy a new one, let alone buy a new spindle. But I'm still using the darn thing. In fact, this should be capitalized on. Lee should make the spindle a little longer, so you can hammer out a stuck case just by loosening the collet instead of completely removing it. This would keep the spindle centered while you're smacking it.I don't particularly like the Lee die because of the "feature" that allows the decapping rod to slip. I've never broken a decapping pin on any other .223 die and that slipping rod (usually on PMC brass) is just annoying.
Indeed, Hornady pistol dies are the best I've used. But I use Redding for rifle.I don't much like Hornady rifle dies but I have no issues with their pistol dies.