Hornady American Series Die?

[HP-Sauce]

Was just at Graf's website and saw they have these newfangled "American Series" on the front banner, shell holder are included in the sets. Seems to be their "Fighting Grade" dies going after Lee's Customers.

I was impressed with the value of Hornady's "Custom Grade" dies already; free bullet offer and lock rings that can be used on Co-Ax makes them the cheaper than Lee already for my case.

Whilst I think it is good that we get more choices; most dies sets from the Major Manufacturers are within a few dollars of each other online already, so does it mean their "custom grade" dies are going to go up in price?

 

[notaglockfanboy]

I was not impressed with their custom grade dies. I got a set for my wifes .243win and when resizing cases it is a thousands wonders I have not gotten one stuck. The first time I set them up and resized I had a hard time pulling the handle of the press both ways. Then the cases would not chamber in the rifle, so I had to do it again with the die screwed in a little bit more. I load for several calibers and never had that much trouble resizing any brass. After looking on midways "customer reviews" of the custom dies, I found out I was not alone. A lot of folks were complaining about stuck cases and really hard resizing of brass in a wide variety of calibers. If the "American series" dies are not any better than the custom grade dies, I would be hesitant to buy them. I prefer RCBS for bottleneck cases and lee for my hand guns, but the hornady were available so I thought I would give them a try. I was disappointed to say the least.