Anybody heard of Vickerman Inline Seating Die?

woodland · April 11, 2005, 12:21 PM

A guy was selling these at the gun show here, and was talking them up as the best there was. Micro die was $90.00

WIL TERRY · April 11, 2005, 02:15 PM

They work very well but mine we're bought so long ago the price you mention seems preposterous.

Rick B · April 11, 2005, 03:07 PM

No personal experience , but have seen them advertized in Handloader mag.
Their web addy : http://www.gmwvickerman.com/new_page_1.htm .

brickeyee · April 11, 2005, 03:29 PM

You can get about the same thing (no bullet cutaway) using a redding competition die. The internal sleeve is not hardened and can easily be cut with the same reamer used for chambering. Instead of buying the redding .22-250 AI die, I had a regular .22-250 die cut with the same reamer used for chambering. The gun is a Stolle Panda and used for long range varmint hunting.
It worked so well I had another barel cut to 6mm Rem AI for even longer range shooting. At the time redding had not added the 6mm Rem AI to the factory set, so there was no other option but to cut a plain jane 6mm Rem die.

woodland · April 12, 2005, 12:38 AM

So there isn't really any advantage over any others?

brickeyee · April 12, 2005, 02:33 PM

Not that I have seen. The Vickerman die has been around longer. I have not set one up and run measurements on it (concentricity, diamters, uniformity, etc.) but the Vickerman I borrowed produced ammunition with the same runnout numbers (less than a few thousandths 0.100 from the case mouth) as the Redding Competition set in .22-250. Both shot very well even when fire forming.

j_mcdade · April 13, 2005, 09:35 PM

Hi all, first post here,

The Vickerman Inline Seating Die was designed by Winn Vickerman many years ago. Recently, Bob Gemmel of Gemmel's Machine Works obtained permission from Winn Vickerman's widow to re-produce Winn Vickerman's original design. It is now marketed under the name of "The G.M. Vickerman Inline Seating Die".

The die produces very concentric ammo both in the standard version and the micrometer version. The price for the standard die is around $65 and the micrometer version is around $90. The nice thing about this die is that caliber conversions can be purchased for an additional $35. That is a pretty decent deal. I own RCBS, as well as Reddings competetion "S" die sets and Forster dies as well. The Vickerman is an outstanding die, every bit as good as Reddings seater, a pretty good deal if you don't wish to purchase complete (expensive) sets of Reddings, Forsters, etc.

Good Shooting,

Jim

April 11, 2005, 12:21 PM	#1
woodland Senior Member Join Date: December 26, 2001 Location: western wa. Posts: 564	Anybody heard of Vickerman Inline Seating Die? A guy was selling these at the gun show here, and was talking them up as the best there was. Micro die was $90.00 __________________ "There is no spoon..."

April 11, 2005, 02:15 PM	#2
WIL TERRY Senior Member Join Date: July 6, 2000 Location: BLACK HILLS Posts: 1,322	You Bet I've Heard Of Them. They work very well but mine we're bought so long ago the price you mention seems preposterous.

April 12, 2005, 12:38 AM	#5
woodland Senior Member Join Date: December 26, 2001 Location: western wa. Posts: 564	So there isn't really any advantage over any others? __________________ "There is no spoon..."

April 13, 2005, 09:35 PM	#7
j_mcdade Junior Member Join Date: April 13, 2005 Location: Placerville, CA Posts: 3	Vickerman Inline Seating Die... Hi all, first post here, The Vickerman Inline Seating Die was designed by Winn Vickerman many years ago. Recently, Bob Gemmel of Gemmel's Machine Works obtained permission from Winn Vickerman's widow to re-produce Winn Vickerman's original design. It is now marketed under the name of "The G.M. Vickerman Inline Seating Die". The die produces very concentric ammo both in the standard version and the micrometer version. The price for the standard die is around $65 and the micrometer version is around $90. The nice thing about this die is that caliber conversions can be purchased for an additional $35. That is a pretty decent deal. I own RCBS, as well as Reddings competetion "S" die sets and Forster dies as well. The Vickerman is an outstanding die, every bit as good as Reddings seater, a pretty good deal if you don't wish to purchase complete (expensive) sets of Reddings, Forsters, etc. Good Shooting, Jim

April 11, 2005, 03:07 PM	#3
Rick B Junior Member Join Date: December 26, 2004 Posts: 3	No personal experience , but have seen them advertized in Handloader mag. Their web addy : http://www.gmwvickerman.com/new_page_1.htm .

April 11, 2005, 03:29 PM	#4
brickeyee Senior Member Join Date: December 29, 2004 Posts: 3,351	You can get about the same thing (no bullet cutaway) using a redding competition die. The internal sleeve is not hardened and can easily be cut with the same reamer used for chambering. Instead of buying the redding .22-250 AI die, I had a regular .22-250 die cut with the same reamer used for chambering. The gun is a Stolle Panda and used for long range varmint hunting. It worked so well I had another barel cut to 6mm Rem AI for even longer range shooting. At the time redding had not added the 6mm Rem AI to the factory set, so there was no other option but to cut a plain jane 6mm Rem die.

April 12, 2005, 02:33 PM	#6
brickeyee Senior Member Join Date: December 29, 2004 Posts: 3,351	Not that I have seen. The Vickerman die has been around longer. I have not set one up and run measurements on it (concentricity, diamters, uniformity, etc.) but the Vickerman I borrowed produced ammunition with the same runnout numbers (less than a few thousandths 0.100 from the case mouth) as the Redding Competition set in .22-250. Both shot very well even when fire forming.