Lee Carbide Factory Crimp Dies and Redding Profile Crimp Dies

[Rule3]

But the elephant in the room is that "crimping" is not longer politically correct.
Flair Reduction Procedure

The OP also said ignore the Lee sizing factor AND the Micrometer.
But you can.t
It as that is what makes them different, they both work to "crimp"
No doubt the Redding is more of a quality tool.

Pay $45 or pay almost $100

 

[Walkalong]

Or buy the regular Redding profile crimp die, or an RCBS seater and remove the stem, both work great

 

[vaalpens]

I use the Lee FCD for "Flair Reduction", but do not have a Redding die.

The FCD is great for removing the flare, without being very exact. With the FCD it is turning the adjustment knob until it stops, lower ram, half a turn on adjustment knob, and start crimping.

Even with the ease of use, the length of the cases still means you have to adjust the knob if your cases are not the same length. That is why I sort my cases by length.

For the Redding die with the micro adjustments. Does it make it easier with different length cases, or does it just mean your adjustment is more precise, so your cases have to be the same length also?

 

[Walkalong]

The "floating" crimp stem on the Lee is a little more forgiving of mixed case lengths due to flex in the O-Ring.

I trim my revolver cases, but most people don't. I use spacers to adjust my crimp dies. I set them for a hard roll or taper crimp and use spacers for less crimp.

I log what spacers I use in each load, if any.
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[gunmechanic]

The Lee crimp is more forgiving in my opinion ,but i have never had any problem with there dies .

 

[SingleActionAndrew]

But the elephant in the room is that "crimping" is not longer politically correct.
Flair Reduction Procedure

The OP also said ignore the Lee sizing factor AND the Micrometer.
But you can.t
It as that is what makes them different, they both work to "crimp"
No doubt the Redding is more of a quality tool.

I believe since the OP is asking about the Profile crimp die from Redding this is specifically for roll crimp, nor taper crimp, applications.

 

[dannyd]

I use a Redding; profile, tapered and Lee FC die. They all have their place for different bullets loaded.

The Redding Profile die is definitely a roll crimp die, I have three in 38/357 magnum.