Short version: Are forster dies bad, okay, or excellent? Should I buy them?
Long version: There are plenty of "my dies are better than yours" threads here, but this is a little different. Due to scarcity of ammunition or components, this is not the best time to adopt a new cartridge, but I've been shooting my son's ruger american, chambered for 6.5 grendel, and I fell in love with the cartridge. The grendel is efficient, accurate, and doesn't detach retinas or loosen dental fillings. Plus it would work well on smaller texas white tails. So I just purchased a Howa mini 1500, chambered for 6.5 grendel.
I normally buy redding dies, but the redding 6.5 grendel dies are selling from midway for about 125 $. That's a pretty big hit. Then I saw some forster dies for about 105 $. I've used just about every brand of die, EXCEPT for forster. I think I would like to have something different and try a set. Forster's come with a different "benchrest" seating die, which looks intriguing.
So...any comments, evaluations or experiences with forster dies will be helpful.
Long version: There are plenty of "my dies are better than yours" threads here, but this is a little different. Due to scarcity of ammunition or components, this is not the best time to adopt a new cartridge, but I've been shooting my son's ruger american, chambered for 6.5 grendel, and I fell in love with the cartridge. The grendel is efficient, accurate, and doesn't detach retinas or loosen dental fillings. Plus it would work well on smaller texas white tails. So I just purchased a Howa mini 1500, chambered for 6.5 grendel.
I normally buy redding dies, but the redding 6.5 grendel dies are selling from midway for about 125 $. That's a pretty big hit. Then I saw some forster dies for about 105 $. I've used just about every brand of die, EXCEPT for forster. I think I would like to have something different and try a set. Forster's come with a different "benchrest" seating die, which looks intriguing.
So...any comments, evaluations or experiences with forster dies will be helpful.