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<blockquote data-quote="el matador" data-source="post: 1319573" data-attributes="member: 12193"><p>I've noticed on a few of the cheaper die sets (Hornady, RCBS) that the tolerances are not that great. If you study the SAAMI drawings for a particular cartridge you'll notice that the min. chamber and max. cartridge dimensions are just a few thousandths different. But each of those dimensions has a tolerance of maybe 6-8 thousandths. Take a factory rifle that is .005" over the min. chamber and a sizing die thats .005" under the cartridge max. and now you're working your brass a heck of a lot. When using a rifle with a match grade chamber and quality dies such as Redding or Forster you'll be moving the brass a lot less. In my opinion Redding dies are the best off the shelf and Forster are not far behind. I do like the Forster expander setup better than Redding's however.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="el matador, post: 1319573, member: 12193"] I've noticed on a few of the cheaper die sets (Hornady, RCBS) that the tolerances are not that great. If you study the SAAMI drawings for a particular cartridge you'll notice that the min. chamber and max. cartridge dimensions are just a few thousandths different. But each of those dimensions has a tolerance of maybe 6-8 thousandths. Take a factory rifle that is .005" over the min. chamber and a sizing die thats .005" under the cartridge max. and now you're working your brass a heck of a lot. When using a rifle with a match grade chamber and quality dies such as Redding or Forster you'll be moving the brass a lot less. In my opinion Redding dies are the best off the shelf and Forster are not far behind. I do like the Forster expander setup better than Redding's however. [/QUOTE]
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