LEE vs RCBS vs Other brand dies

[54lariat]

RCBS customer service puts them at the top for me, I have only had a few things break on my PRO2000, small things and they had another one at my door within 5 days, I also have some LEE dies and they do fine, I use the carbide dies from RCBS for my 9,40&45. Just cause I load alot of those caliber's. Never had problems with either so far. I use RCBS on rifle rounds too.

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[lizziedog1]

I like that Lee Dies come with shell holders. It seems like a small deal, but you never have to run back to store to get one.

 

[DiMora]

Lee "lock rings" are unimpressive. Other than that, their dies are a great deal, especially for a caliber you may only load 30 rounds a year. The big draw back with Lee is that they have no warranty service on decappers and such. If you bust one, then you bought it.

On the other end of the scale, if you reload a lot, then dies with more features can be quite nice to own. I shoot a lot of different shape pistol bullets and having an exchangeable seating anvil is a very nice feature. I love that about Hornady and Dillon dies.

Not true, I broke a universal de-capper...the safety slider collet failed to release the pin. Lee stands behind it, guarantees it unbreakable, and if you do break it, as I did, they replace it at no charge. Even if they didn't, it's a $13.00 disposable die.

Lee dies work great.

The ONLY issue I have is the decapper / sizing die in my Hornady LNL with LNL bushings has to be set very deep (.40 S&W)...the way I handled that to get adequate thread on the lock-ring is I removed the Lee rubber O-ring and flip the lock-ring inverted, then I tightened it with a small wrench once I had it adjusted to my liking.

 

[BigBob3006]

slowr1der,

I've been at this for over fifty years now. If there is one thing I've learned it is to buy the best on the market. It will do it right everytime. Today that would be Redding and RCBS in that order. Good work and materials don't come cheap, but it is much better in the long run.