forester dies

[cohunt]

want to try some forster dies---who has the best price on forster dies?

does anyone sell a FL die and micrometer seating die set? or do they have to be bought separate?

 

[philipbrousseau]

every body sells the forster set. if you want separate Sinclair. midsouth is a good place to buy them. I prefer the forster sizer over all others and I like the redding micrometer seaters best just my opinion.

 

[cohunt]

every body sells the forster set. if you want separate Sinclair. midsouth is a good place to buy them. I prefer the forster sizer over all others and I like the redding micrometer seaters best just my opinion.

everyone has the standard set--but I don't think the set can be had with the micrometer seater, can it?

but whos got the best pricing on them? seems the sizing dies run about $42 or so, and the seater is about $85 --anyone know of any better pricing than that? I know quality costs $$ but if I like them I'm thinking of changing over the majority of my dies and thats gonna cost me some big bucks so I'm searching for the best pricing I can find

 

[Gwine]

I bought the full length and micro this winter in 7-08. Not in a set. Midsouth had the best price, but ended up having to get the seater on Ebay. That caliber was backordered everywhere.

 

[MkJose]

I think part of the reason is they really don't want to sell small orders. so they make it worth their while. just a thought one + on forster service-A1!!

 

[philipbrousseau]

I don't know for sure what forster currently sells but I have several die sets purchased with the micrometer seater. most recent one in 6.5 cm. called bench rest die set or ultra die set.

 

[SeboCreek]

I don't know for sure what forster currently sells but I have several die sets purchased with the micrometer seater. most recent one in 6.5 cm. called bench rest die set or ultra die set.

Use a Forester Co Axial press so had some, but slowly switching to all their micrometer dies. Prices vary depending on sales that might be going on. I always check Midway, Graf, Natchez, Midsouth and Brownels. Might end up ordering from two places with price variance.

 

[dblizzard]

I primarily Ebay use for my reloading tool purchases. I use their saved searches feature & with some patience I can acquire near new tools at a substantial savings.

 

[rickjoty]

Just to be a nit picker, its Forster not Forester. I use some Forster and some Redding and RCBS. I have changed out all of the lock rings to Forster style to work best in the Co-Ax. I like both the Redding micrometer seaters as well as the Forster.

 

[SeboCreek]

Correct you are. Have enough of their stuff should be able to spell it right.

 

[Rum Man]

Well if your looking for the 338 win.mag micro seater give me a shout . I bought it by mistake I thought it was the 338 Rum .
Its brand new ! It's tough getting old !

RumMan

 

[Mach 1]

I've bout most of my Forster dies from midway. Everyone seems pretty closely priced on them. I really like their microseating dies. I still have a couple Redding micro seater dies but have all but switched over to Forster.

 

[MkJose]

I've always been told Redding was the top quality line of dies, but I've had so many problems I will not risk buying again. I know I am in the very small minority, but that has been my experience.

One of the problems was with a 223 fl sizing die. The neck would size the brass to 0.229". I called Redding and they dismissed it saying the neck size must be small enough to accommodate all available brass. But what available brass has a neck wall thickness of 0.002"?

 

[Gord0]

I want to like the Forster, especially for the price. My problem is every seater stem has cracked on me with non compressed, easy seating loads. I'm giving a Wilson micrometer arbor press seater a try now.