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Question about 223 dies
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<blockquote data-quote="Soulrack" data-source="post: 1561893" data-attributes="member: 47514"><p>They'll work fine and be safe to use in your bolt gun but you may end up over working your brass and their life may suffer because of it. In my experience brass shot in AR style rifles doesn't last nearly as long as brass shot in bolt action rifles for variables besides the types of reloading dies I use (ARs can be hard on rims and shoulders). So I reserve SB dies for reloading for my AR exclusively but I still use my Redding micrometer seater die.</p><p></p><p>I personally don't love using RCBS dies because of the amount of neck stretch I get compared to the significantly more expensive Redding and Wilson neck dies I have. But the same sort of criticism can be made for the seater die too. The amount of runout I get with an RCBS die versus a great Micrometer Seater die is night and day but the cost isn't even in the same ball park.</p><p></p><p>So ask yourself how much accuracy are you wanting to get out of the bolt gun? If it's something you are striving for I'd suggest practicing with the RCBS until you are proficient at getting good accuracy with your bolt gun and there is no reason why you can't get good to really good accuracy using RCBS dies. If by then you're really enjoying it, invest in some higher end dies and see how much better your hand loads turn out.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Soulrack, post: 1561893, member: 47514"] They'll work fine and be safe to use in your bolt gun but you may end up over working your brass and their life may suffer because of it. In my experience brass shot in AR style rifles doesn't last nearly as long as brass shot in bolt action rifles for variables besides the types of reloading dies I use (ARs can be hard on rims and shoulders). So I reserve SB dies for reloading for my AR exclusively but I still use my Redding micrometer seater die. I personally don't love using RCBS dies because of the amount of neck stretch I get compared to the significantly more expensive Redding and Wilson neck dies I have. But the same sort of criticism can be made for the seater die too. The amount of runout I get with an RCBS die versus a great Micrometer Seater die is night and day but the cost isn't even in the same ball park. So ask yourself how much accuracy are you wanting to get out of the bolt gun? If it's something you are striving for I'd suggest practicing with the RCBS until you are proficient at getting good accuracy with your bolt gun and there is no reason why you can't get good to really good accuracy using RCBS dies. If by then you're really enjoying it, invest in some higher end dies and see how much better your hand loads turn out. [/QUOTE]
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