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What brand dies ? #10917767 01/31/16 Joined: May 2008 Posts: 823 West TN 6 66niteowl OP Campfire Regular OP 66niteowl Campfire Regular 6 Joined: May 2008 Posts: 823 West TN For you guys that reload for your AR 223, what brand dies do you use ?

Re: What brand dies ? 66niteowl #10917860 01/31/16 Joined: Aug 2015 Posts: 13,232 Henderson, NV NVhntr Campfire Outfitter NVhntr Campfire Outfitter Joined: Aug 2015 Posts: 13,232 Henderson, NV Lee decapping and body dies, Lee collet neck sizing die, Forster Benchrest seating die Last edited by NVhntr; 01/31/16. Let's Go Brandon! FJB

Re: What brand dies ? 66niteowl #10918178 01/31/16 Joined: Mar 2006 Posts: 3,237 God's Country M MichiganScott Campfire Tracker MichiganScott Campfire Tracker M Joined: Mar 2006 Posts: 3,237 God's Country RCBS X-Dies. I hate trimming brass. I'm told they don't produce sub-moa ammo, but my guns do shoot as well as I can anymore. molɔ̀ːn labé skýla

Re: What brand dies ? 66niteowl #10918335 01/31/16 Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 22,273 Back in Texas, for good! tex_n_cal Campfire Ranger tex_n_cal Campfire Ranger Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 22,273 Back in Texas, for good! Forster "...the designer of the .270 Ingwe cartridge!..."

Re: What brand dies ? 66niteowl #10920186 02/01/16 Joined: May 2009 Posts: 1,378 SE Idaho C CraigD Campfire Regular CraigD Campfire Regular C Joined: May 2009 Posts: 1,378 SE Idaho Dillon carbide...

Re: What brand dies ? 66niteowl #10920203 02/01/16 Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 57,474 Alaska R rost495 Campfire Kahuna rost495 Campfire Kahuna R Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 57,474 Alaska carbide still needs lube in bottleneck rounds. Much as I can Redding has been better than all the rest. I hate it when I can only find what I need in Lee... We can keep Larry Root and all his idiotic blabber and user names on here, but we can't get Ralph back..... Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, over....

Re: What brand dies ? 66niteowl #10920367 02/01/16 Joined: Jan 2010 Posts: 2,621 GA wareagle700 Campfire Regular wareagle700 Campfire Regular Joined: Jan 2010 Posts: 2,621 GA I like Redding the best but any standard FL sizing die will work. Same goes for the seating die. John 8:12 "I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life."

Re: What brand dies ? 66niteowl #10920408 02/01/16 Joined: Mar 2004 Posts: 12,806 BarryC Campfire Outfitter BarryC Campfire Outfitter Joined: Mar 2004 Posts: 12,806 Lee, sometimes RCBS. Islam is a terrorist organization.

Re: What brand dies ? 66niteowl #10920502 02/01/16 Joined: Nov 2006 Posts: 10,163 T TWR Campfire Outfitter TWR Campfire Outfitter T Joined: Nov 2006 Posts: 10,163 RCBS and Lee but all my new dies are Redding.

Re: What brand dies ? TWR #10921069 02/01/16 Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 23,622 MontanaMan Campfire Ranger MontanaMan Campfire Ranger Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 23,622 For AR's RCBS for FL sizing, Forster seater, very, very LIGHT crimp with a Lee collet crimp die. For bolt guns, Lee collet nick sizer, Redding body dies, Forster seaters. MM

Re: What brand dies ? 66niteowl #10921136 02/01/16 Joined: Mar 2003 Posts: 8,423 dogzapper Campfire Kahuna Emeritus & Campfire Outfitter dogzapper Campfire Kahuna Emeritus & Campfire Outfitter Joined: Mar 2003 Posts: 8,423 Redding. Period Blessings, Steve "God Loves Each Of Us As If There Were Only One Of Us" Saint Augustine of Hippo - AD 397

Re: What brand dies ? 66niteowl #10933772 02/05/16 Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 1,887 Texas Panhandle H husqvarna Campfire Regular husqvarna Campfire Regular H Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 1,887 Texas Panhandle 1) Forster 2) Redding 3) Whatever's cheap except Lee

Re: What brand dies ? 66niteowl #10934425 02/06/16 Joined: Feb 2010 Posts: 16,076 G gregintenn Campfire Ranger gregintenn Campfire Ranger G Joined: Feb 2010 Posts: 16,076 I have a set of Lyman 223 dies. They work so I'll use them, but if I were to buy a new set, they'd be Lee's.

Re: What brand dies ? 66niteowl #10934501 02/06/16 Joined: Jun 2012 Posts: 1,313 Colorado D Dustylongshot Campfire Regular Dustylongshot Campfire Regular D Joined: Jun 2012 Posts: 1,313 Colorado Redding is my choice. Hard to top.

Re: What brand dies ? 66niteowl #10934522 02/06/16 Joined: Dec 2015 Posts: 1,467 B Bluemonday Campfire Regular Bluemonday Campfire Regular B Joined: Dec 2015 Posts: 1,467 Dillon, in a Dillon press.If you have a lot of 5gal buckets full of 5.56 brass sitting around, buy the carbide ones.

Re: What brand dies ? 66niteowl #10934669 02/06/16 Joined: Dec 2013 Posts: 176 Washington State S Scott62 Campfire Member Scott62 Campfire Member S Joined: Dec 2013 Posts: 176 Washington State I just got a set of Lee, so far they are working great. Then again, all my dies are ether Dillon or Lee. Last edited by Scott62; 02/06/16.

Re: What brand dies ? 66niteowl #10935231 02/06/16 Joined: Apr 2010 Posts: 10,820 South East Missouri tedthorn Campfire Outfitter tedthorn Campfire Outfitter Joined: Apr 2010 Posts: 10,820 South East Missouri One dedicated .223 progressive is loaded up with Lee Our second dedicated .223 progressive is Hornady Single stage multi is 100% Hornady dies Maker of the Frankenstud Sling Keeper

Re: What brand dies ? MontanaMan #10935340 02/06/16 Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 30,747 Rural Utah USA T tikkanut Campfire 'Bwana tikkanut Campfire 'Bwana T Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 30,747 Rural Utah USA I buy dies once......either Redding or Forster...... or a combination of both T R U M P W O N ! U L T R A M A G A !