Hello, I'm not satisfied with the dies that I have for the 300 Weatherby, I bought it secondhand and I'm not convinced I want to buy a new game and left armory are priced as follows, which is better?:

-Lee (36.45 euros)

-Hornady (40.33 euros)

-Lyman (36.11 euros)

-RCBS (41.25 euros)

Which should I buy?

Oscar.

Question:
Which brand of die for 300 Weatherby Magnum?

Choices:
Lee
Hornady
Lyman
RCBS

 

I choose the RCBS, but I want to hear your experience with various brands that I have, and perhaps vary my choice.

I choose RCBS. That said I also have a number of New Hornady dies I've been very happy with as well. Hornady makes my custom wildcat dies.

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Originally posted by ramrod340:
I choose RCBS. That said I also have a number of New Hornady dies I've been very happy with as well. Hornady makes my custom wildcat dies.

Thank you for your participation, for the 458 Lott, I have RCBS dies and tools seem to me a very well finished.

Oscar.

If you have a problem with any thing rcbs they will fix or replace it

I buy RCBS unless prices drives the decision.

RCBS just for the return policy.

On average, any maker's dies will make equally accurate reloads. And any maker is equally likely to produce a (very rare) bad die but they all will replace bad ones.

I voted Hornady. Never had a problem with them and when I wanted a seater plug for a particular 308 bullet, they modified one for me at no charge. You did not have Redding on your list, or I would have voted for them.

Some people have told me that there may be problems using a shellholder a brand, with other brand dies. Perhaps to solve the problem by buying only brand shellholder Hornady?, How can you tell if a die is damaged?

Thank you,

Oscars.

I've used both Lee & RCBS dies with no problems, though I voted RCBS because their customer service is superior.
I'm unconcerned as to which make of shellholder I use with any make of dies - only that I use the same one every time to aid consistency.

Try sizing your brass withdraw partially from the sizer rotate 180 degrees and resize again.

You should have no problems.
If you do just stick to brass that is purchased new or is from ammo fired in your rifle.

i pick REDDING....

I am close to a Benchrest man who makes rifles for a living. Redding is the only die he uses. I don't know if that's available in Spain. I'm a novice reloader myself, and have an RCBS press, and the Redding dies fit.

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Some people have told me that there may be problems using a shellholder a brand, with other brand dies. Perhaps to solve the problem by buying only brand shellholder Hornady?, How can you tell if a die is damaged?

It's so rare for a die to be 'damaged' without visible evidence I don't know anything else.

All conventional dies and shell holders are made to common specifications so they can be interchanged by brand as needed. Any 'difference' we may encounter is simply because all manuafactored things have dimension tolerances but all makers work in the same dimension ranges.

I have NOT been happy with the die sets I got from Hornady, nor with their customer service in trying to get them corrected. (I finally gave up that fruitless effort.) I would get Lees before I would buy another set of Hornady's dies (new dies that is) for any cartridge.

Many others have had no problems with Hornady's die products, but I am guided by my own experiences when I select brands of dies to use....and I currently have more than 100 different sets of dies for my own use.

Now I buy only RCBS, Redding, or various makes of more expensive "match" dies for "civilian" rifles. For surplus military rifles I often use Lee dies, and they have worked very well too.

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Originally posted by Jim C. <><:
On average, any maker's dies will make equally accurate reloads. And any maker is equally likely to produce a (very rare) bad die but they all will replace bad ones.

So one would think, but Hornady sure as hell wouldn't replace my last set (.45 Colt) which was/is totally unuseable.

I love and regularly use their bullets. I also thank God they make a lot of the brass they have brought out recently for the largest calibers in particular. (I've bought hundreds of rounds of their big bore stuff in the last year or so.)

But, as I said, I don't buy their dies, and won't again unless I'm getting them as used goods from people who have sets they know work and whose word I can trust. YMMV.