why sell only resizing dies

762shooter · April 30, 2009, 04:44 PM

In need of .223 rifle dies, I visited the local shop and they had only a resizing die. Why would the manufacturer sell only this die? Can I use my .22-250 seat-crimp die. The .223 ammo will be used in AR.

Dr. Strangelove · April 30, 2009, 05:15 PM

Some folks use one brand sizing die and another brand bullet seating die.

Shoney · April 30, 2009, 05:25 PM

Gas guns work better if sized with a small base die, which may be sold seperately. Did you check to make sure it wasn't a small base die?

762shooter · April 30, 2009, 07:20 PM

Thank's, I believe I did see sb on the RCBS die where I expected to see fl. After searching 'small base dies' I found lot's of info on FiringLine.

rn22723 · April 30, 2009, 08:13 PM

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Gas guns work better if sized with a small base die, which may be sold seperately. Did you check to make sure it wasn't a small base die?

This is not true for the most part regular FL dies will serve the M1 Garand, M1A/M14, and AR15/Mini 14 crowd just fine......

longranger · April 30, 2009, 11:39 PM

Single resizing dies are sometimes bought by those folks who have in line seating dies that can work for different cartridges of the same caliber or are buying a specific seating die for competition that does not come with a resizing die. Some of the more popular cartridges like .308 and 30-06 will have myriad of configurations for dies and it allows the reloader to have flexibility.

April 30, 2009, 04:44 PM	#1
762shooter Junior Member Join Date: July 30, 2008 Posts: 8	why sell only resizing dies In need of .223 rifle dies, I visited the local shop and they had only a resizing die. Why would the manufacturer sell only this die? Can I use my .22-250 seat-crimp die. The .223 ammo will be used in AR.

April 30, 2009, 05:15 PM	#2
Dr. Strangelove Senior Member Join Date: August 1, 2008 Location: Athens, GA Posts: 1,436	Some folks use one brand sizing die and another brand bullet seating die.

April 30, 2009, 05:25 PM	#3
Shoney Senior Member Join Date: February 21, 2002 Location: Transplanted from Montana Posts: 2,311	Gas guns work better if sized with a small base die, which may be sold seperately. Did you check to make sure it wasn't a small base die?

April 30, 2009, 07:20 PM	#4
762shooter Junior Member Join Date: July 30, 2008 Posts: 8	Thank's, I believe I did see sb on the RCBS die where I expected to see fl. After searching 'small base dies' I found lot's of info on FiringLine.

April 30, 2009, 11:39 PM	#6
longranger Senior Member Join Date: November 4, 2008 Location: Buffalo WY Posts: 1,056	Single resizing dies are sometimes bought by those folks who have in line seating dies that can work for different cartridges of the same caliber or are buying a specific seating die for competition that does not come with a resizing die. Some of the more popular cartridges like .308 and 30-06 will have myriad of configurations for dies and it allows the reloader to have flexibility.