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Old 08-20-2015, 07:50 PM
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RCBS are higher quality dies, but they won't make better plinking ammo than Lee does. Perhaps for target competition, or rifle, RCBS are more consistent. I have RCBS/Lee/Hornady, and they all perform. The one die I will not be without is my Lee Factory crimp die. With just a twist of the top knob, I can increase or decrease crimp without moving my die body. Handy if you seat and crimp in different stations like I do
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I only use rcbs dies little bit more expensive but they stAnd behind them 150 percent,


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I use both and like both. I have more Lee dies just because they are cheap so I always have a set of Lee dies for every caliber.

In the rifle dies, I like their "Dead Length" seating dies that come with the Collet Die sets. They don't have a crimper so you can set the die so that the shellholder contacts the bottom of the die. Much easier to set up.

I also like the Lee tapered expanders, AND...I've never broken a Lee decapping pin...

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