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Reloading questions

magicmanml2magicmanml2 Member Posts: 213 ✭✭✭
edited February 2008 in Perry Shooter Competition Shooting and Reloading Forum
are Lee reloading dies any good, I heard they are not the best.

Also i have some reloading data, for bullet there are abbreviations SIE round nose, SPR soft point, HDY JRN. Are SIE, SPR, and HDY the companies that make the bullet.
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  • magicmanml2magicmanml2 Member Posts: 213 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    What happens if you touch your primers? Hang Fires and duds? or nothing most of the time?


    dgac
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  • Tailgunner1954Tailgunner1954 Member Posts: 7,734 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    SIErra
    SPEer
    HorneDY
    NoSleR

    RN Round nose
    JRN Jacketed Round Nose (this would be a softpoint BTW)
    SPT Spitzer
    SP Softpoint
    BT Baottail
    FB Flatbase
    FMJ Full Metal Jacket (the base of the bullet has exposed lead)
    HP Hollowpoint
    TMJ Total Metal Jacket (no exposed lead anywhere)

    The Lee dies are not the best, but they are more than servicable for most people.
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  • magicmanml2magicmanml2 Member Posts: 213 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    thats what i thought, thanks for clearing that up.
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  • jonkjonk Member Posts: 10,121
    edited November -1
    Lee dies aren't the best but they are good and produce ammo every bit as accurate and useful as any other dies do- until you get into benchrest matches perhaps; and even then their neck sizing collet dies are still in the running. Their expanding/decapping rods are second to none. The only thing I'm not nuts over is their lock rings' lack of a set screw, something easily enough added if you care to with a drill and tap. I don't bother.
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  • flyingtorpedoflyingtorpedo Member Posts: 1,301 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I don't have a problem with my Lee dies. Granted I've only loaded 20 rounds but they serve thier purpose-to load cheaper ammo. They are a good bit cheaper too.
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  • PA ShootistPA Shootist Member Posts: 691 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I have routinely used Lee dies in certain (older, rare, nutball?) calibers that were not available from other manufacturers at any price, and they were reasonably priced from Lee. I have found generally no problems with them, and some have loaded many hundreds of rounds. I heartily agree with a couple previous statements: the decapping pins are great, very strong and nearly indestructible; the locking rings with the O ring just don't cut it for precision setting or repeatability, and that is a problem easily solved with other lock rings with a set-screw, or perhaps make a set-screw work by drilling and tapping the Lee ring. Note that I haven't tried that, I don't know if they are hardened rings, difficult to drill and tap.
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  • PearywPearyw Member Posts: 3,699
    edited November -1
    I have loaded 1000s of rounds with Lee dies without any real problems. I own Lyman, Hornady, and RCBS dies that are fine as well. You can have minor probelms with any of them. Their nearly indistrucable decapng pins are a plus.
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  • sandwarriorsandwarrior Member Posts: 5,453 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    magicmanml2,

    I have Lee dies and I like them alot. The only thing I am not overjoyed about is the unthreaded primer pin stem. I've had it slip on some hard cases and then I have to reset it. Usually, by torqueing the holding collet and the die together as hard as I can. I much prefer threaded stems for their holding ability.

    That said the Lee Collet dies I use on my 6.5x55 are the easiest to use of all my dies. No lube required! Means I size, pull out, turn 45 deg. and size again. No stretch, no ultra wiping of lube after case is sized. All the regular RGB and deluxe dies work just fine with my 7.65, .303, 8mm Mauser, .45 LC, .45 ACP and .40 cal.
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  • goldeneagle76goldeneagle76 Member Posts: 4,359
    edited November -1
    have Lee dies in 45ACP, 44Mag and 50AE. No problems with any of them.
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  • dcs shootersdcs shooters Member Posts: 10,870 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I've been using them for quite a few years now and have no complaints.
    They are the best for the $$$
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  • 5mmgunguy5mmgunguy Member Posts: 3,092 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    I agree with dcs shooter. For the price they cannot be beat. If you want to pay twice as much, you can, that is your choice.
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  • ChetStaffordChetStafford Member Posts: 2,794
    edited November -1
    I use LEE dies for my .223 and I have absolutely no complaints with them

    I gat 1/4" groups with them[;)]
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