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<blockquote data-quote="Buck Fever" data-source="post: 1942923" data-attributes="member: 113501"><p>The Hornady sets have a nice seater die with a floating sleeve to align the case neck with the bullet and you can upgrade with an inexpensive micrometer stem. You can also get a deluxe set with the micrometer and a bushing sizing die if you like that better than a full length sizing die.</p><p></p><p>My attempt at making really consistent brass and ammo will use a Redding body die for shoulder bump, a custom Lee collet neck sizer die (based off my once fired brass), a Lee universal depriming die and a Hornady seater with micrometer stem bedded with Devcon 10110 to create consistent contact with the ogive during seating.</p><p></p><p>The Lee die is supposed to be good at setting neck tension and creating a really concentric neck.</p><p></p><p>I'm also going to uniform primer pockets and flash holes, neck turn, weight sort, etc.</p><p></p><p>You can spend a lot more than a Hornady set, a micrometer stem, a used Redding body die and a $75 Lee custom die. I'm sure you can get really nice dies but they kind of force you to adopt a certain method that might not size the brass perfectly for your chamber.</p><p></p><p>I want to be able to adjust every step along the way which is why I'm using three different brands and a custom die. If I'm not getting the results I want, I am willing to change any part of that if it doesn't work for me.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Buck Fever, post: 1942923, member: 113501"] The Hornady sets have a nice seater die with a floating sleeve to align the case neck with the bullet and you can upgrade with an inexpensive micrometer stem. You can also get a deluxe set with the micrometer and a bushing sizing die if you like that better than a full length sizing die. My attempt at making really consistent brass and ammo will use a Redding body die for shoulder bump, a custom Lee collet neck sizer die (based off my once fired brass), a Lee universal depriming die and a Hornady seater with micrometer stem bedded with Devcon 10110 to create consistent contact with the ogive during seating. The Lee die is supposed to be good at setting neck tension and creating a really concentric neck. I'm also going to uniform primer pockets and flash holes, neck turn, weight sort, etc. You can spend a lot more than a Hornady set, a micrometer stem, a used Redding body die and a $75 Lee custom die. I'm sure you can get really nice dies but they kind of force you to adopt a certain method that might not size the brass perfectly for your chamber. I want to be able to adjust every step along the way which is why I'm using three different brands and a custom die. If I'm not getting the results I want, I am willing to change any part of that if it doesn't work for me. [/QUOTE]
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