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Traditional Press Seating Die vs. In Line Arbor Press
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<blockquote data-quote="JPatzig" data-source="post: 2958993" data-attributes="member: 115466"><p>I know this has been discussed before, but I'm wanting to squeeze out more consistency/accuracy with my reloads and I'm questioning the benefits of an inline arbor press style die. I've loaded for around 10 different cartridges over the past 5 years, exclusively using Hornady Custom Grade dies. They've served me well, but I'm shooting out to 1000y now (for fun) and wanting to tinker with "higher grade" reloading components. I've decided I'm going to get some custom Whidden dies made up from fired brass. When I spoke with Whidden, they actually stated the traditional press seater will produce less runout (over the inline die), due to the spring loaded collar that presses on the shoulder. But it seems inline dies are all the hype these days. The biggest positive feedback I see with inline dies and arbor presses is the ability to "feel" the amount of pressure applied. I understand that with the force pack on a K&M or digital data from the AMP Press will more definitively show variance in seating pressure. But what do you do with that information, and how does it help refine consistency and accuracy? Tweak reloading process until the variance is gone? Or do you remove the outlier reloads? Is it really the way to go, or do people just enjoy the ability to more easily feel and measure seating pressure? TIA</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JPatzig, post: 2958993, member: 115466"] I know this has been discussed before, but I'm wanting to squeeze out more consistency/accuracy with my reloads and I'm questioning the benefits of an inline arbor press style die. I've loaded for around 10 different cartridges over the past 5 years, exclusively using Hornady Custom Grade dies. They've served me well, but I'm shooting out to 1000y now (for fun) and wanting to tinker with "higher grade" reloading components. I've decided I'm going to get some custom Whidden dies made up from fired brass. When I spoke with Whidden, they actually stated the traditional press seater will produce less runout (over the inline die), due to the spring loaded collar that presses on the shoulder. But it seems inline dies are all the hype these days. The biggest positive feedback I see with inline dies and arbor presses is the ability to "feel" the amount of pressure applied. I understand that with the force pack on a K&M or digital data from the AMP Press will more definitively show variance in seating pressure. But what do you do with that information, and how does it help refine consistency and accuracy? Tweak reloading process until the variance is gone? Or do you remove the outlier reloads? Is it really the way to go, or do people just enjoy the ability to more easily feel and measure seating pressure? TIA [/QUOTE]
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