ALL dies are a crap shoot because of the minute differences in all, and how they match to the chamber for which the round will be used. When dies are made the setup of the body and the wear in the reamer being used, and then the warpage, if any, in their heat treatment, ALL affect them. I use dies from most manufacturers and I have had good luck with cheapo's and bad luck with expensive ones. The features of a particular manufacturer usually propel you to one or the other, but you're still rolling the dice. I've got some great Lyman and Lee dies that really work for a particular barrel, and the Forsters and Reddings can't match them. I've also had bad luck with all and not necessarily the fault of the maker. That's the reason I have 43 different die sets!

Some of mine here:
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Used to be bobski, member since '01