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Old January 26, 2013, 11:41 AM   #4
Ifishsum
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I've made a lot of very accurate ammunition with standard dies - for most guys it takes an awful lot of shooting and loading to get to the point where their loading and shooting skills are limited by our equipment. The first thing to upgrade to "match quality" if you're serious about it would be your rifle's barrel and chamber. Then specialty dies start making more sense.

Hornady's seating die is better than most IMO - the sliding bullet guide is very nice to have when seating small bullets, especially those with flat bases. Most seating dies do not have that sliding guide piece, you must hold the bullet in the case mouth until it enters the die. I don't like their sizer dies quite as well as some others, but I usually buy their sets because of the seater. Redding is usually my second choice for rifle dies, although there is nothing wrong with Lee or RCBS. Almost all of my pistol/revolver dies are Lee Carbide sets - the powder-through expander feature can be a time-saver when loading.
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