Tons of interest/sales of 9MM ARs and other 9MM PCCs?
That and there's a sucker born every minute. I'd put my Dillon 9mm dies against that Lyman MSR set any day.
Tons of interest/sales of 9MM ARs and other 9MM PCCs?
For the Lyman die set, I'll agree the "MSR" moniker is an advertising gimmick. The small base sizing die is useful and the case gauge may be useful.
RCBS has been selling "AR" die sets for a several years which includes a small base sizing die and a taper crimp die.
I did not know I was ahead of the curve, I've been making my own "MSR" die sets since 2005 or so. I subscribe to the notion that all my cartridges used in semi-auto rifles should be small base sized. So, if one is available for the cartridge, I bought it.
Cheap insurance against chambering problems. While standard sizing dies work fine most of the time for cases reloaded for semi-auto rifles, I've had chambering issues with cases fired in other rifles and sized in a standard sizing die.
Lyman's including 9x19 in the MSR line is interesting. I guess the sizing die may be designed to deal some with cases fired in unsupported chambers or something similar.
Me too! Not only that, I had trouble with an AR10 Remington clone, feeding even some factory (Federal blue box cheapies). Never a problem with Winchester or Remington factory in it. So I was leery of that chamber feeding reloads from a regular sizer....and bought my first small base. Zero problems with that....I'm a believer.
Maybe so....but I'm too cheap for those or Dillons. Like my old Chevy Avalanches.....I wouldn't think of buying the Caddy version...$10 thousand for the name.
And BTW, I asked a Dillon rep why they didn't sell small-base dies. His answer was ALL Dillon's rifle sizers are small base. At least other companies give you a choice. I like my RCBS AR dies just fine.
I used to think Dillon dies weren't worth the money. Now I have them on all my tool heads. They are made for progressive presses and work better than other dies on a progressive press. I love the spring loaded decapping pins on the pistol sets and they come with separate crimp and seating dies.
I've look at Dillon sizing dies and like their features. But since I prefer to use a standard mouth expanding die on my progressive presses and Dillon die sets do not come with a mouth expanding die, I've continued to buy die sets from the other guys.
Mouth expanding dies: Pistol or Rifle? Pistol, they do that in the powder drop. You really ought to take a peek at RCBS's new tube RIFLE bullet feeders that come with separate mouth expanders "M" style. If pistol, they are still out to lunch on pistol bullet feeders......I'm working on them.... Hey ... they listened to me when I told them they needed badly to sell powder measure lowers separately! OK, so it took a year.....and two more and they still haven't build a pistol bullet collator/feeder.
I've look at Dillon sizing dies and like their features. But since I prefer to use a standard mouth expanding die on my progressive presses and Dillon die sets do not come with a mouth expanding die, I've continued to buy die sets from the other guys.
Apologies for the thread drift...
I've look at Dillon sizing dies and like their features. But since I prefer to use a standard mouth expanding die on my progressive presses and Dillon die sets do not come with a mouth expanding die, I've continued to buy die sets from the other guys.
The light bulb finally came on.
Dillon probably sells the dies al-a-carte--they do. But hey, I could buy a Dillon set and get the mouth expander die from one of the other guys.
Thanks Texas10mm for flipping the light switch.
Thanks a lot for the offer, but I have one on the way....GW Staar, if you are still in need of 9MM dies, I may an extra set. RCBS.
Yep. Dillon expands the case mouth with the powder drop. The powder funnel does the work for pistol cases. You can even get custom funnels that have a M die type step on them.
Or you could use a Lee Universal Flare die with the NOE expander inserts. https://noebulletmolds.com/site/product-category/expanders
That's what I use when I load cast bullets into bottleneck cases.
Since I flare the case mouths in my case prep process, no need to have the powder drop expand the case mouth as well when I load the case.
I find I have fewer jams and process upsets if I separate resizing from loading hence my overall loading rate is only slightly slower than folks that use a progressive from fired case to loaded round. I still reload more ammunition in a short period of time than I can shoot.