Hi...
I have two Hornady LnL progressive presses set up and running...one for small primer, one for large.
I have found that (for me at least), that Hornady dies were inferior to the RCBS dies that I replaced them with.
I also use RCBS dies on two different RockChuckers with a couple of Redding sets in certain calibers. I do use a couple of Hornady dies for specific tasks in certain caliber as well.
Never had any good results with Lee dies...maybe I don't know what I am doing.
It's possible...I have only been reloading for about 40 years now. Still have a lot to learn... certainly haven't figured out how to make the o ring locking ring setup on Lee dies to function reliably or the powder measure on the Lee 1000 to work properly.
My Lee 1000 resides in a box in a cabinet in my reloading room. Maybe some day when I want to get really frustrated with substandard tools, I will drag it out and try to make it work again.
Until then, I will just rely on my RockChuckers and Hornady LnL progressive presses to turn out high quality dependable ammunition...like they always do year after year for thousands and thousands of rounds annually.
Really? I have only been loading since about 1972 and find Lee to make excellent dies. I prefer Hornady, but I still like Lee.
Only problem with Lee was a pte die where the expander was very roughly machined. Contacted Lee and they replaced the expander insert.
For sizing dies, Lee and Hornady size further down the case. The titanium nitride coated ring on the Hornady and titanium carbide ring on Redding make sizing very slightly easier.
All expander dies from all manufacturers have worked well, but for purely expanding, I like uni body dies like Hornady.
For pte dies, you go with the powder measure manufacturer.
For manually pouring powder into the case, I prefer Lee pte with the built-in funnel and the fact the Lee funnel fits it perfectly.
For seating, I like Lee and Hornady. Lee will make custom seating stems inexpensively and I like the Lee bullet feeder as, with age, I have a hard time placing the bullet square on the case. Operating the Lee bullet feeder manually, the case picks up the bullet aligned and seems to stay that way. I like the bullet alignment sleeve on the Hornady seating dies.
For crimping, all taper crimp dies I have ever run work equally as well. For roll crimping, I only buy Redding Profile Crimp dies; however, if you remove the carbide ring, the Lee fcd produces the second best crimp in terms of accuracy.