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Re: Redding now offering 458 Lott Dies - Follow up

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17 December 2004, 04:37
Steve
Re: Redding now offering 458 Lott Dies - Follow up
Follow-up:

I received the Redding dies a couple of days ago. I tried them out last night and loaded up a few of my 'plinking' loads.

Much nicer. I had zero problems with setting the die height and was able to engage at least a half inch of threads on all the dies (I didn't try the Woodleighs). I did not have to use the adaptor that a buddy made me that raised the Hornady dies up in my press.

The expander is MUCH better. The expander button is depth adjustable, unlike the Hornady which is fixed. It is also longer and expands more of the brass before engaging the flaring portion.

With the Hornady expander I was unable to fit the brass over my Forster 458 case trim mandrel after sizing. No problem with brass after running them through the Redding.

I�ll try some Woodleighs over the Holidays.

So far I couldn�t be happier.

-Steve
17 December 2004, 09:25
Bryan W
I called LSB earlier this week for a set of dies and they were sold out, but they expected to receive more by the end of the year.
17 December 2004, 10:19
Steve
Bryan,



If you call Redding, they can sell you a set or they can tell you to who else they've shipped sets. That's how I found out that LSB had a set.



I told the LSB guy when I was buying mine that I was going to post that they had them and that he'd soon sell out. I guess I was right...



-Steve