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23 July 2010, 08:15
mailmanmark
Competition dies
Does anyone make competition dies in .270 WSM ???


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23 July 2010, 08:17
Busheler
Redding will make you anything you like.

Go bushing/FL with a TiN bushing.
23 July 2010, 13:27
lawndart
Wilson


23 July 2010, 14:25
mho
Define "competition die", please?

- mike


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24 July 2010, 03:01
Jim C. <><
Get a Lee Collet die for neck sizing. Get Forster BR or Redding Comp FL dies with their straight-line seaters for "normal" work, they basically duplicate what can be done on true comp dies such as the Wilsons.

No other threaded dies are worth calling "competition".

mho - Anyone can call anything they wish "competion" dies but it is commonly understood to mean dies that do a better job of making concentrict/straight ammo than is possible on more common designs. In effect, it usually means the seater die holds the case and bullet in complete alignment before seating starts. They aren't really made to any better tolerances, it's the design that counts. For threaded dies, only the Forsters and Reddings do that alignment job. A true competition type seater may or may not have a micrometer adjustment head, that adds user convience but does nothing for accuracy.
24 July 2010, 03:13
Sam
Redding makes them. I have a set but haven't used the yet. The .223 remington dies are great, I'd expect the same of the .270's. I'd consider the collet dies for neck sizing.


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24 July 2010, 03:17
Busheler
I'd not hang Lee's on a duck decoy.
24 July 2010, 03:54
Idaho Sharpshooter
Jim C,

Neil Jones at CPS will make either Arbor Press or threaded dies for any cartridge you can provide him a reamer print of.

Rich
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24 July 2010, 05:13
mailmanmark
Thanks to all. Looks like i'll be getting a set of Reddings.

No offense, but i'd rather have a sister in a whorehouse than buy any Lee products anymore. Thanks again.


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24 July 2010, 05:16
Busheler
The TiN bushing and losing the expander,are two steps in the right direction.
25 July 2010, 01:48
Sam
Redding does collet dies.


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25 July 2010, 04:24
Jim C. <><
quote:
Redding does collet dies.

Redding does bushing dies. Lee does collet dies; they're good tools too! Wink
25 July 2010, 19:41
Sam
Yep, my oops. Couldn't think of the right word. If I had planned ahead I would have bought a set when I bought my press and dies.


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