WHAT DIES ARE BEST FOR RELOADING IN A FACTORY RIFLE. NOT SURE IF I WILL BE NECK OR FULL LENGTH SIZING YET. ANY SUGGESTIONS HELPFUL. MORE INTERESTED IN BRAND PREFERENCE FROM YOU GUYS. THANKS.

RCBS are excellent quality, reasonable price, and warranted for life. I also like the storage box they come packed in.

My personal preference is Redding, Forster and RCBS in that order. I use all three for both my factory and semi-custom rifles. They all are top of the line tools. You wont go wrong with any of them IMHO. Redding makes a three die set that has both a FL and neck sizer, I recommend them if your planning on neck sizeing as sooner or later you`ll need to full size your brass to set the shoulder back to ease chambering. They`re a bit cheaper than buying a separate die later on.....Joe

Redding bushing dies,Redding "regular" dies,Forster and RCBS in that order,for me...............

I would say Redding Competition, Forster Ultra, Forster BR in order of first place, Redding standard in Second, and RCBS Precision in third. I say this based not only on some use but rather the recommendation of many accuracy minded handloaders. The above were recommendations where accuracy was the main goal... Hand dies excluded. If there is any advantage in the Redding Competition it is a higher fit and finish than the Forster Ultra, however, performance is said by many to be the same and at a 33% discount on the Ultra. When you drop back from the micrometer seaters, it is said that the Forster BR is the best unit going due to the same chamber mimicking design as the Ultra and Redding Competition. The Redding Deluxe three die set is analagous to the RCBS Precision dies, only exhibiting better fit and finish. FWIW, Regards, Matt.

Uh oh...............

Dirty little secret coming up............!

I like the RCBS dies for their fit, and finish. I load my .308 on RCBS SB dies.

But, I load my .30-06, my .223 Remington, my .9mm Luger, .45 Colt, and .30 Carbine on............

(drum roll, please)

Lee Dies!!!!

And, then have a lot going for them, too. I especially like the long expander ball. I routinely take these, break the edge on top and bottom with a swiss file, turning the rod in a drill, then polishing the rod with crocus cloth. VERY smooth--for .223, I don't even have to lube case necks in my progressive.

They make good ammo, too--from my .223 A4 Armalite, I can load 60 gr. VMAX bullets to shoot .300 groups at 100 yards.

The dies in '06 are used to load rounds for my Garand. I have never had a problem with these dies either.

And I love their factory crimp dies, too. I use this die as the last step when loading for my .308 M1A NM. This rifle shoots like a house on fire with 150 gr. mil surp bullets, 42.0 of IMR 4895, and Federal Match primers.

So, take a look at the Lee dies. You won't be disappointed.

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