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I recently acquired all of my Dad's old reloading equipment. I would really like to start to loading my own .44 Magnum and these are his old dies. I'm 38 years old and I can remember us shooting loads from these dies when I was about 8 so they are at least 30 years old. There is no visible rust or pitting on them but there is an old greasy/waxy substance on them that probably needs to be removed. I would like to load 300 grain or 250 grain wide flat nose cast bullets for .44 Mag hunting loads. I was going to write a better description of the label and the dies but they say a picture is worth a thousand words. In your opinion, are these dies good to go? | ||
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Yep. Regards, Joe __________________________ You can lead a human to logic but you can't make him think. NRA Life since 1976. God bless America! | |||
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After cleaning they should be good to go. If you plan to load a lot of .44 I would invest in a set of carbide dies just so you don't need to mess with lube. | |||
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Yes they should load thousands of more rounds but they are not carbide so you have to lube your caseings. If they were mind I sell them cheap but the money towards carbide set. | |||
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Well, they are about 15 years younger than mine and they still work quite well. Carbide sizers are sorta nice but, used correctly, the older steel dies actually help cases last a little longer. Given the low volume of ammo most .44 shooters require I doubt carbide would make a lot of difference for you. | |||
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