Compare the cost of a lot of die sets... to say how much a box of ammo costs...depending upon caliber of course...
Dies are a cheap investment in the scope of things...
I started out with RCBS and a Rock Chucker kit, as it was available locally...at Bi Mart..
Then I've got a batch of Lee's I started using...
some Redding, but they really don't do much more than the Lee and RCBS...
Not mentioned, I find situations where this brand of die, works a little better than that brand of die...
so in almost all the calibers I load for, I have multiple die sets for each caliber.. one from RCBS and then
Lee...
I find I use Lee the most for seating...I use RCBS if I full length size, as I like it over the Lee Full Length Sizer...
Reacting to screw ups that I have learned by having them occur...
I picked up 3 Universal decapping dies, that I pop out the primers with...
Then I neck size a case, with the Lee Neck Sizer...
Shoulder needs bumped back, I have like 5 Redding Body dies.. the rest of my body die needs,
I take the spindle out of a larger caliber, and use it as a body die...
such as the spindle out of a 260 die, makes a great 243 body die...
the 308, makes a great 260 or 7/08 body die... I have a 308 die set in RCBS and Lee..
Don't shot a 308, but I have an older retired friend who shows up wanting to do some loading
for his 308 several times a year...
Having two die sets for each caliber, if one gets messed up and needs to be sent in for repair or parts
I'm not shut down, as the other is a full back up...
223 I shoot a lot of... I have a Lee 4 die set, a Lee RGB basic set ( $10 when I bought them), and then an RCBS
set....when bought the Lee 4 die set was like $28... the RCBS die set was like $25... I picked up an RCBS
Small Base 223 die set for like $15 at a gun shop used.... all add convenience, I've got less than $75 tied up
into all of them combined... always have plenty of back up in case something needs parts or repair...
all those dies will outlast me.....$75, compare to the cost of say around d 400 V Max bullets...
the V Max bullets will be gone in a month or two... the dies....a lot longer they'll still be around..
dies in the scope of reloading are one of your cheapest investment in the scope of it all...
whatever your choice of Brand... but I always recommend, if you shoot a lot...a couple of die sets, from
your favorite manufacturers.....one from each company....
I enjoy reloading as much if not more than I do, spending time at the range...
and I'm never short ammo in the field...my wife is glued to the TV all the time..
so I'm out doing reloading stuff...
like tonight, just went out and neck sized and deprimed 60 pieces of brass I shot today at the range...
and then primed them... so when I'm in the mood, I'll go out and load them, as they will be all ready
to go...I find it less boring that way... than standing at the bench and prepping and reloading 60 to 100
rounds at one time...
Best of luck....and have fun with it... I sure have...
