Your favorite reloading dies?

I have been reloading for a long time. Mostly just for hunting rifles. I own Redding, RCBS, Forster, Lyman, Hornady, and Pacific. However my favorite die sets are Lee collett dies. I would recommend them for a beginner. I am going to try some of the bushing type dies soon.
 
Over the years I have purchased and used many different brand dies. For pistol cartridges I have pretty well switched over to the Dillon dies. Whenever possible, I use Forester dies for rifle reloading.
 
Like alot of you I have made the circle on dies I have ended up either useing Forster or Redding exclusively
 
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When it really matters like for a 22ppc in a Hall action I use Wilson.
Then Redding for most of the other reloading.
Some Type S and competition dies.
Lastly RCBS for some of the longtime hunting rifles that don't get out much anymore.
 
Dillon for pistol, they are sweet. Redding for rifle, I just got a new set of RCBS for 223 from SW....wished I would have just ordered a set of Reddings, I really dont like them.
 
I like the Forester/Bonanza dies first and foremost for standard cartridges. Neil JOnes second, Redding bushing dies are third.

Not many folks realize that they can cut their full length sizing by 75% by "bumping" the shoulders back with a Forester/Bonanza neck sizer. When you cut down on your full length sizing, you extend the amount of case hardening that you exert on your brass (extending greatly the brass life).

If you have a few extra bucks, what ever Redding does, Neil Jones does better. Neil Jones has Neck bushings with the shoulder angle ground into the bushing so that you can neck size and bump the shoulder at the same time.
 
I use mostly Redding now, with some RCBS, Lee, Forster, and Hornady(1) mixed in.

I'm not real fond of RCBS, and the Hornady 300 Roy are by far the biggest POS I've seen. They are actually a friends, but he keeps them here as I load for him.......
 
I've used RCBS, Lee, Hornady, and Redding and not had any major problems with any of them. I used Lee collet dies for quite some time, before I learned about runout. Turned out, I was getting runout in the .004-.008 range using the Lee Collet Neck sizer. This is the only real problem I've ever had with any die.

Nowadays I use Redding almost exclusively, though I may occasionally use one of my old RCBS dies.

Mike
 
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