Dies

RCBS is my first choice, and Dillon dies are excellent, if a little pricey. I have also used Lee, Redding and Lyman and they have worked fine. Have had trouble with Hornady dies and won't buy any more of those.
 
I like Redding dies for precision rifle reloading on a single stage press where I do all my rifle. For handgun I like Dillon dies as they are specifically designed for a progressive press and I load pistol on a Dillon RL 550 and on a Hornady LNL. I have some Hornady dies in the LNL, but I replaced the Hornady Titanium Nitride re-sizing die(they make their sizing die this way) when it wore to the point that it was not resizing my .45 brass enough (remington brass) to ensure good bullet tension with plated bullets in remington cases in .45 acp. I replaced it with a Dillon resizing die, and my problem disappeared. I also own Lyman, Lee, and RCBS dies for different calibers. They all work but the Dillons are made really well their decapping pin design in the resizing die is spring loaded and floats a bit in tens of thousands of rounds I have yet to have one break or bend. I also broke a Hornady seating die insert in .45 acp due to the bullet falling over. Hornady sent me the parts free of charge.
 
I use carbide dies for all (7) calibers of my handgun loading. I only use non carbide where they don't make them (such as in the bottle necked 357 sig) I've tried other brands but always go back to Lee.
 
IN 50 years of reloading I've bought and uses them all: and the only ones that were not sized properly were an early set of Herter's in .357. All the rest were good; given a flush bank account, I like RCBS the best but found that Lee (at half the price) were just as capable of producing great ammunition. In my Dillon 550B presses, their proprietary dies are especially nice since they allow easy clean out of the various chambers. Rod
 
I started with RCBS but switched to Redding dies as I like the way they work better and they make great ammo. I also use Dillon dies on my 550b and they work great for pistol.
 
Lee because I have 6 kids and am poor. I have other brands but I've not seen a difference in round quality. I do like Redding competition dies for rifle because seating seems easier to set up. Lee carbide are great for pistol
 
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