Lee pistol dies vs Rcbs

[rclark]

I am normally an RCBS user, but in .32 H&R Magnum, I use Lee. The expander plug (in my case) worked better for me than RCBS. Buy both, not that expensive to try as see what you think.

[jetinteriorguy]

Originally Posted by ChimpMunk20

IMO, the RCBS dies are better. Higher quality. I have had trouble w/ the Lee seating die (inconsistent OAL).

You can also consider the Hornady offerings, which is where I tend to spend my die money.

I have dies of all types and brands and I’ve yet to see a seating die that gives ‘consistent’ OAL. Consistent base to a datum point on a bullets ogive yes, but OAL no.

[Unclenick]

That's because the seaters mainly seat by pressing on the ogive of the bullet somewhere close to where the Hornady inserts touch them. But tooling variation means the ogives aren't all perfectly identical, so that point on the ogive isn't the exact same distance from the tip when the bullets are either off different tooling or are match hollow points, the forming of which never seems to be perfectly uniform.

[Hanshi]

I have loading dies by RCBS, Lyman, Hornady and Lee and have been satisfied with them all. I even have a couple + of Lee dies for just crimping, and a few other single Lee dies.

[jetinteriorguy]

Originally Posted by Unclenick

That's because the seaters mainly seat by pressing on the ogive of the bullet somewhere close to where the Hornady inserts touch them. But tooling variation means the ogives aren't all perfectly identical, so that point on the ogive isn't the exact same distance from the tip when the bullets are either off different tooling or are match hollow points, the forming of which never seems to be perfectly uniform.

Zackly.