Tooling up for 30-06

vts,
I use bushing dies for my hunting/varmint rifles. I shoot few tight neck rifles so need the bushing for those.

Wilson been making them since late 20's. http://www.lewilson.com/

Only reason I started, just want little more control on loaded dia and I have same problems working up a load some things work other don't.

You could load standard die then get Sinclair expander mandrel .001" under bullet dia or .002". You need die for those mandrel and if your cleaning up necks you may just have to buy the mandrels.
 
I've got two or three set's of Redding dies, love them. But their cost is way outside what I can afford. Most of mine are RCBS with a few lyman, Lee and Herter's thrown in. Haven't used my Herter dies in more years than I can remember. My other dies all do pretty much the same thing! Having never used competition dies what they might gain you I've no clue. But you may find you can get great accuracy with old run of the mill dies by simply changing bullet's, match bullet's can be amazing IF you have a rifle to take advantage of them and IF you have the skills to shoot much better than average. Without that, dies won't make a difference but, those Redding dies are hands down my favorite.

The best group I ever shot was with my 25-06 loaded with RCBS dies and using 100gr SMK. .111" for 5 shots c to c. I've never came close to that again or before. I have a 6.5x06 that with 140gr SMK hangs around 1/4" all day. But those lesser mark's of the small group come in baby steps. For me I think I wiggled just right! Never tried it again so I just show people the small group and call it good, bit deceptive! :-)

All of my rifle' except two will go under an inch day in and day out. My 6.5x55 is just the same as I got it new other than a trigger adjustment, shoot right at 1 1/4". My new 243, a Mossberg Patriot I've just started fooling with and it stay's around 1-1 1'4 inch. I'd done nothing at all with it.

Point is it take's a lot more than a set of dies to get a rifle shooting well. I know a lot of people, most, think getting a new trigger really makes them a better shot, it doesn't. What makes them a better shot related to the trigger is an good understanding and ability to control the trigger, trigger control.

Don't think that you can simply buy your way into better shooting by the tools you but, you can't. I'm also a believer in the KISS treatment. Spend your money on component's and range time!
 
Don, Good stuff to add. I think in a lot of this, it boils down to tolerances. Take an off the shelf gun with on the loose end of the range and a die set on the tight end of it's and you have a gap. On the other hand, they may well line up on the same end of their respective tolerances and it's all great. The same goes for factory loaded ammo. How many times have you bought that and found that one brand closes smoothly on a round, the next is a little harder to close...assuming a bolt gun. It all affects accuracy to some degree.
I would suggest if one is going to go higher end with tighter tolerances in their guns then they probably would want to do that in the reloading tools as well.

I appreciate an rcbs die too, used the same one for 42 yrs on a 7mm mag and it shot sub 1" groups all those years, the stars lined up. :)
 
Yea, got that. It's has been my understanding that the best die's are cut with the same reamer the chamber is cut with, right after the chamber was cut or maybe just before.
 
I use an RCBS full length resizing die for sizing and depriming, and a Forster Bonanza Benchrest seater die for my 3006.
I have a Redding set also but the ya hoo that had it before me must have sent dirty range brass through it and scratched the insides something terrible, havent taken the time to polish that mess out yet..
 
Redding has a reconditioning and polishing service. They can check that the dimensions haven't been honed out at the same time.
 
Thank you all.

I have ordered and are awaiting RCBS Gold Medal dies. And to bushings.
Now to hunt for components, got plenty of Norma and S&B brass, some Hornady, PPU and Sako brass. But that is it. Need bullets, primers and powder. Also a up to date reloading book.
 
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