Originally Posted by IDMilton
So it may be time to retire the Partner press I bought from Cal Ranch while I was in college:(

So my first purchase is the Sinclair concentricity gauge.

Then a Redding Master Hunter die set. (FL body and comp seater for best price.) With this I take out the expander and just use it to bump the shoulder and then use the Lee for the neck.

Then the Sinclair neck turner kit.

If that is the right order, I'll get started and report back.

However, there may be a month or two between purchases, so the report may be slow in coming! (I just put together a tool wish list for the 308, 7-08, and 223. I'm at $690 plus shipping. I think I should eat that list so my wife doesn't find it.)

Thanks for the replies. I read the reloading stickies at the top of this section, and I Googled some sites about precision reloading. There is so much information out there, and I don't know what is necessary and what is just someone with lots of time of cash. I found these responses very helpful.



That's not going to work. The Redding FL die in that set is going to size the neck way down, far more than necessary with Lapua cases.

You already have the Lee collet die for the necks. This is what you need to body size and bump shoulders without screwing up the necks:

http://www.midwayusa.com/product/620746/redding-body-die-308-winchester

This is an excellent seating die with micrometer type adjustment for about thirty bucks less than a Redding:

http://www.midwayusa.com/product/39...-die-308-winchester?cm_vc=ProductFinding


This is an excellent seater for hald the Redding price if the micrometer adjustment isn't dritical, but straight bullet seating still is:

http://www.midwayusa.com/product/202919/forster-bench-rest-seater-die-308-winchester

Last edited by mathman; 02/21/15.