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Redding Type "S" dies, are they worth the extra money?
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<blockquote data-quote="bigedp51" data-source="post: 1124549" data-attributes="member: 28965"><p>Bart B</p><p></p><p>I'm 65 and have been reloading for over 47 years and the best part of reloading is I'm the one pulling the press handle. If you like bushing dies and they make you happy that's all that matters. BUT this doesn't change the fact that the average reloader does not need a Redding Type "S" die.</p><p></p><p>The bushing in a bushing die floats and can move from side to side and tilt and induce neck runout. And I even posted what German Salzar had to say on the matter to back this up, and you still came back with your smart *** reply above about bushing die setup. If you think your the only one who knows how to reload and measure neck runout your sadly mistaken. </p><p></p><p>Below is a Remington .223 case with approximately .004 neck wall thickness variation and a bushing die is worthless with cases like this. Meaning you can't make a silk purse out of a sows ear using a bushing die and standard off the shelf Remchester brass. </p><p></p><p><img src="http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o254/bigedp51/IMG_2136_zps079ece9b.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><img src="http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o254/bigedp51/IMG_2137_zps66bcfc13.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Not everyone buys Lapua brass and has a Redding type "S" bushing dies. Some of us use the brass we have and have Forster dies with expanders that do not induce neck runout.</p><p></p><p>And when the Policeman next door gives you three five gallon buckets of .223/5.56 once fired brass like above, you don't say, no thank you all I have is a Redding Type "S" .223 die. What you do is buy a Forster full length die with a high mounted floating expander and make the straightest cases you can make. </p><p></p><p><img src="http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o254/bigedp51/halfdone_zps8557fc4b.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><img src="http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o254/bigedp51/bucketsofbrass_zps6927af18.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>And I will say it again, too much of what benchrest shooters do has filter down to the common average reloader. And if you are not shooting in competition no one needs to spend the money on Redding Type "S" bushing dies when there are cheaper and better solutions for factory chambers and Remchester brass.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bigedp51, post: 1124549, member: 28965"] Bart B I'm 65 and have been reloading for over 47 years and the best part of reloading is I'm the one pulling the press handle. If you like bushing dies and they make you happy that's all that matters. BUT this doesn't change the fact that the average reloader does not need a Redding Type "S" die. The bushing in a bushing die floats and can move from side to side and tilt and induce neck runout. And I even posted what German Salzar had to say on the matter to back this up, and you still came back with your smart *** reply above about bushing die setup. If you think your the only one who knows how to reload and measure neck runout your sadly mistaken. Below is a Remington .223 case with approximately .004 neck wall thickness variation and a bushing die is worthless with cases like this. Meaning you can't make a silk purse out of a sows ear using a bushing die and standard off the shelf Remchester brass. [IMG]http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o254/bigedp51/IMG_2136_zps079ece9b.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o254/bigedp51/IMG_2137_zps66bcfc13.jpg[/IMG] Not everyone buys Lapua brass and has a Redding type "S" bushing dies. Some of us use the brass we have and have Forster dies with expanders that do not induce neck runout. And when the Policeman next door gives you three five gallon buckets of .223/5.56 once fired brass like above, you don't say, no thank you all I have is a Redding Type "S" .223 die. What you do is buy a Forster full length die with a high mounted floating expander and make the straightest cases you can make. [IMG]http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o254/bigedp51/halfdone_zps8557fc4b.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o254/bigedp51/bucketsofbrass_zps6927af18.jpg[/IMG] And I will say it again, too much of what benchrest shooters do has filter down to the common average reloader. And if you are not shooting in competition no one needs to spend the money on Redding Type "S" bushing dies when there are cheaper and better solutions for factory chambers and Remchester brass. [/QUOTE]
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