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Looking for some 257 Roberts Improved dies and the RCBS dies are about 2x the cost. Is it worth the difference? All my current dies are RCBS and Hornady which I like but I've never used or owned the Lee dies. I understand loads of folks like Redding dies but I don't want to spend $100+ on the dies.

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40 of my 50 sets of dies are Lee. I don't see any difference. except cheaper. Wallacem inGa

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I've had very good luck with the LEE dies but usually pare them with a Hornady seater with the sliding sleeve.


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I've had ok luck with Lee. I like to swap out the lock ring for a hornady etc that doesn't have the rubber o-ring.

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I was wondering this same thing. I just bought a 450 bushmaster rifle and want to get dies for it. RCBS and Hornady are $100 and the Lee set is $50. I have never owned a set of Lee dies so this might be a good set to expirement with.

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Interesting conversation, I've swapped out all my lock rings for Lee but they are all in turret heads so they never get removed since setting up.


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The Pacesetter dies are a really bad deal, for not a lot of extra bucks you can get the deluxe set which is the deal of the century

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Side note, I loctite the rings once set, on the seater and collet, no reason to change them in the future

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Thanks for the insights folks. Set of RCBS dies on the way.


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