For those who have used the various brands, would you give the edge on quality to Hornady, RCBS or Redding. I am thinking about adding a neck sizing die to my took kit for 30-06.

Thanks

Check out the new forster neck bump die. I think I am going to get a Forster.

All the well known brands are excellent quality and work as they are designed to.

Personally I like the Redding as you can change the bushing in 1 thou steps to get exactly the neck size you want.

I don't have necksizing dies for all the calibers I reload, but for the ones I do necksize I use Redding.

IMO, I would pay twice as much for a Lee Collet Neck Sizer than any of the others. No lube in the neck and no runout.

Just good luck that they only cost 1/2 as much or less!!

Get a short fat neck bushing die such as the Redding Type S in .308. It will neck size many different cartridges with just a bushing change.

I'd go with the Lee Hands down! As said above even if twice the price, but in reality it is only half the price!

If you can't live with a Lee, then definitely Redding!

I would go with the Lee Collet Die also. What's not to like with no lube and zero runout?

There are basically two neck sizing dies worth getting: Lee Collet die (cheap) or a Redding Competition Neck Sizer (expensive). All the rest are pretty much junk, as they dont support the case during the sizing operation and therefore tend to produce a lot of runout.

The Collet die is a surprisingly economical die and produces good results. Do a search here to establish its idiosynchracies, though. They have been described in great length. I'd still get the Collet if I were you, though.

- mike

Thanks guys! I will look into the Lee collet die and the Redding.

Wilson.

Don

IF you want to turn your necks to a consistant thickness, use the Redding button neck sizer.

IF you don't want to turn necks, use the Lee. IT don't care if the necks are thick or thin or variable, it just sizes the insides to a consistant diameter and keeps them straight too.

I don't much like to turn necks more than just a little, especially for factory rifles.

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use the Lee. IT don't care if the necks are thick or thin or variable

Actually with the 6mm REM, the Lee collet die does not work well with thinner Winchester brass but works fine with Remington brass.