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Which Dies Are Best?
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<blockquote data-quote="boomtube" data-source="post: 458378" data-attributes="member: 9215"><p><em>"I've heard this several times before, so I went to the saami.org website. They appear to have all of their standards listed there, but make no mention of reloading die standards. The only relevant standards are for cartridge and chamber dimensions, with tolerances."</em></p><p> </p><p>Good job. But, would you accept that SAAMI's standards includes more than the few drawings they put on that public web site? </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><em>"My question is this: If the brass cartridge expands upon firing to fit the chamber, and then springs back to a smaller size, how would a sizing die cut with the same reamer resize the fired case to be smaller than the chamber?" </em></p><p> </p><p>The answer is that most custom chambers are, or should be, cut with two reamer sizes, used in succession.</p><p> </p><p>---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</p><p> </p><p><em>"In my humble opinion they are all the best ones to use. In other words they are all good. "</em></p><p> </p><p>Indeed, on average they all are. Some individual dies are great, all are okay. What we actually get in our box is luck of the draw, same as the guns we buy. The ONLY way to get the BEST sizer or seater is to have a pool of dies we can load with and measure the results, picking the best and leaving the rest. And all that can do is find the best in that pool. But purchasing a brand or model of dies because "Everyone says they are the best!" is almost laughable!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="boomtube, post: 458378, member: 9215"] [I]"I've heard this several times before, so I went to the saami.org website. They appear to have all of their standards listed there, but make no mention of reloading die standards. The only relevant standards are for cartridge and chamber dimensions, with tolerances."[/I] Good job. But, would you accept that SAAMI's standards includes more than the few drawings they put on that public web site? [I]"My question is this: If the brass cartridge expands upon firing to fit the chamber, and then springs back to a smaller size, how would a sizing die cut with the same reamer resize the fired case to be smaller than the chamber?" [/I] The answer is that most custom chambers are, or should be, cut with two reamer sizes, used in succession. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [I]"In my humble opinion they are all the best ones to use. In other words they are all good. "[/I] Indeed, on average they all are. Some individual dies are great, all are okay. What we actually get in our box is luck of the draw, same as the guns we buy. The ONLY way to get the BEST sizer or seater is to have a pool of dies we can load with and measure the results, picking the best and leaving the rest. And all that can do is find the best in that pool. But purchasing a brand or model of dies because "Everyone says they are the best!" is almost laughable! [/QUOTE]
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