Here:
http://www.midwayusa.com/viewProduct/?productnumber=557477
for shooting paper.
Are they good enough?
http://www.midwayusa.com/viewProduct/?productnumber=557477
for shooting paper.
Are they good enough?
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Re: Any thoughs on Lyman dies?
Like RCBS, Hornady and others, Lyman are great for learning how to handload. Redding, Wilson or custom dies MAY pop into your mind if & when you get serious about competing. For general, run of the mill plinking, they'll do fine.
Like RCBS, Hornady and others, Lyman are great for learning how to handload. Redding, Wilson or custom dies MAY pop into your mind if & when you get serious about competing. For general, run of the mill plinking, they'll do fine.
Re: Any thoughs on Lyman dies?
I'm not plinking. I'm shooting a .308 at 100 yards on paper. I'm looking for .5" 5 shot groups.
I'm not plinking. I'm shooting a .308 at 100 yards on paper. I'm looking for .5" 5 shot groups.
Re: Any thoughs on Lyman dies?
For that kind of accuracy you should step up to Redding or Forster Competition/Benchrest Dies.
Lyman is entry level at best.
James
For that kind of accuracy you should step up to Redding or Forster Competition/Benchrest Dies.
Lyman is entry level at best.
James
Re: Any thoughs on Lyman dies?
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Jasmck</div><div class="ubbcode-body">For that kind of accuracy you should step up to Redding or Forster Competition/Benchrest Dies.
Lyman is entry level at best.
James </div></div>
+1... I didn't understand your commitment to that particular accuracy level.
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Jasmck</div><div class="ubbcode-body">For that kind of accuracy you should step up to Redding or Forster Competition/Benchrest Dies.
Lyman is entry level at best.
James </div></div>
+1... I didn't understand your commitment to that particular accuracy level.
Re: Any thoughs on Lyman dies?
"I'm not plinking. I'm shooting a .308 at 100 yards on paper. I'm looking for .5" 5 shot groups."
Lyman dies are on par with any other brand of conventional dies so they won't be an automatic limiting factor in that pursuit. Loader skill, and your rifle and trigger and scope and bench rigidity and bags and rest and shooting skills will be.
But, Forster or Redding BR/Comp dies WOULD make it easier. As would a Sinclair concentricity gage, a good neck turner, Lee Collet Neck sizer die, a body die, a good case trimmer & debur tool, primer pocket uniformer, flash hole debur tool, a dial or digital 6" caliper, etc. I mean, dies don't work magic; you MUST prep your cases very well to achieve that level of accuracy with a "heavy" kicker like the .308.
"I'm not plinking. I'm shooting a .308 at 100 yards on paper. I'm looking for .5" 5 shot groups."
Lyman dies are on par with any other brand of conventional dies so they won't be an automatic limiting factor in that pursuit. Loader skill, and your rifle and trigger and scope and bench rigidity and bags and rest and shooting skills will be.
But, Forster or Redding BR/Comp dies WOULD make it easier. As would a Sinclair concentricity gage, a good neck turner, Lee Collet Neck sizer die, a body die, a good case trimmer & debur tool, primer pocket uniformer, flash hole debur tool, a dial or digital 6" caliper, etc. I mean, dies don't work magic; you MUST prep your cases very well to achieve that level of accuracy with a "heavy" kicker like the .308.
