Just thought I would share my experience with the Redding National Match Die set. Not a fanboy (yet) as all of my other die sets are Hornady (4 pistol & 1 rifle) and 1 Lee rifle.
I got a Redding National Match Set several months ago on the cheap ($85 shipped versus MidwayUSA's price of $149.99 plus shipping).
I've only been loading .223 Remington for a couple of months, but have gotten addicted to chasing accuracy out of my gas gun (DPMS 24" 1-8 Twist fluted bull barrel).
I've been checking bullet runout on my completed rounds using a Hornady Concentrity Tool. I checked a couple hundred rounds this morning while I was sitting in listen only mode on a conference call for work. Out of the 200, I found 5 that were .002 off and a quick bump of the concentricity tool and the runout was corrected. I am typically seeing +/- .0005 runout. I am pretty damn impressed with this. I did load some with other seating dies (won't name names) before I got the Redding and the difference in runout is just plain amazing.
I got a Redding National Match Set several months ago on the cheap ($85 shipped versus MidwayUSA's price of $149.99 plus shipping).
I've only been loading .223 Remington for a couple of months, but have gotten addicted to chasing accuracy out of my gas gun (DPMS 24" 1-8 Twist fluted bull barrel).
I've been checking bullet runout on my completed rounds using a Hornady Concentrity Tool. I checked a couple hundred rounds this morning while I was sitting in listen only mode on a conference call for work. Out of the 200, I found 5 that were .002 off and a quick bump of the concentricity tool and the runout was corrected. I am typically seeing +/- .0005 runout. I am pretty damn impressed with this. I did load some with other seating dies (won't name names) before I got the Redding and the difference in runout is just plain amazing.