I use the Lee Collet dies because I like that you dont need to use any neck lube with them.
Does anyone know if the benchrest crowd use a specific loading die for accuracy?
What type of diess do u use?
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steven
- .222 Remington
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Lowndsie,
Most benchresters use Wilson inline hand dies. You can use a small brass or nylon hammer to do your sizing and seating or buy an arbour press at great expense. Nearly all seating dies are Wilson and depending on how hot you load most benchresters use a bump die that screws into a compact press. My own sizing die is a Harrell vari-base die which screws into an RCBS partner press and it has different size bushings for sizing the base and neck size bushings to suit the neck diameter. You set it up to bump the shoulder back about 1 thou.
Not many using anything else but the odd person uses the Redding small base die which resizes the whole case but not the neck and doesn't deprime either.
Steve
Most benchresters use Wilson inline hand dies. You can use a small brass or nylon hammer to do your sizing and seating or buy an arbour press at great expense. Nearly all seating dies are Wilson and depending on how hot you load most benchresters use a bump die that screws into a compact press. My own sizing die is a Harrell vari-base die which screws into an RCBS partner press and it has different size bushings for sizing the base and neck size bushings to suit the neck diameter. You set it up to bump the shoulder back about 1 thou.
Not many using anything else but the odd person uses the Redding small base die which resizes the whole case but not the neck and doesn't deprime either.
Steve
Hey All
I use Redding Dies In a 3 die set but only because I dont shoot your usual run of the mill calibres and good quality dies were a bit hard to come by for 303brit, 6mmrem & 350remmag. No problems so far and some of my cases in 6mm have been loaded at least 6 times without the necks needing annealing. I will be doing them next time around though.
Cheers Jethro.
I use Redding Dies In a 3 die set but only because I dont shoot your usual run of the mill calibres and good quality dies were a bit hard to come by for 303brit, 6mmrem & 350remmag. No problems so far and some of my cases in 6mm have been loaded at least 6 times without the necks needing annealing. I will be doing them next time around though.
Cheers Jethro.
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Kenny
- 6mm Remington
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For the tight necked PPS's I am with Steven and use Wilson dies. I also use a Redding type S die as a 'bump' die, a little different to a bump die, it can deprime and uses a bush the same as the Wilson to size the neck only, I only use it to bump the shoulder when the cases get tight to chamber.
I use the old Simplex dies for all hunting calibers
I have a Hornady .222 die that holds the decapping rod in a collet, I don't use it as it's a real see you en tee
no matter what I have done to tighten it...including butchering it....it always slips.....grrr
KY
I use the old Simplex dies for all hunting calibers
I have a Hornady .222 die that holds the decapping rod in a collet, I don't use it as it's a real see you en tee
no matter what I have done to tighten it...including butchering it....it always slips.....grrrKY
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Rinso
- .338 Lapua Magnum
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Like Steven Wilson dies but also use custom made in line dies, your gunsmith can make them when he chambers the barrel. You can use a harrels or K&M, arbour press or you can buy a bottle topper andd cut it down..lots cheaper and not hard to do.
Simplex 5/8 dies for most other things.
ps steven is that you Nashy
cheers
Simplex 5/8 dies for most other things.
ps steven is that you Nashy
cheers
