Is this the set to buy from Midsouth..
REDDING RELOADING PRODUCTS 308 WINCHESTER COMPETITION BUSHING NECK DIE SET
REDDING RELOADING PRODUCTS 308 WINCHESTER COMPETITION BUSHING NECK DIE SET
Re: Best Die Set to buy for 308 reloading???
Can't go wrong with the redding dies. I use them for 300 win mag, 308, and 223wssm. Bushing neck size is fine if you are reloading brass shot in 1 rifle. If you are shooting brass from more than 1 rifle or for more than 1, you will probably want to full length size.
Randy
Can't go wrong with the redding dies. I use them for 300 win mag, 308, and 223wssm. Bushing neck size is fine if you are reloading brass shot in 1 rifle. If you are shooting brass from more than 1 rifle or for more than 1, you will probably want to full length size.
Randy
Re: Best Die Set to buy for 308 reloading???
That set is good to go. Might want to check around on which bushings to use. I think on a .308 people use .335-.339 depending on the brass and how much neck tension you want to achieve.
That set is good to go. Might want to check around on which bushings to use. I think on a .308 people use .335-.339 depending on the brass and how much neck tension you want to achieve.
Re: Best Die Set to buy for 308 reloading???
I have a Forster Benchrest set that I really like. For a small fee ( maybe $10?) Forster custom honed the neck diameter for me. Now, I don't have to use an expander ball. The seater is top notch. I like Redding too, but the custom neck honing pushes me to Forster nowadays...
John
I have a Forster Benchrest set that I really like. For a small fee ( maybe $10?) Forster custom honed the neck diameter for me. Now, I don't have to use an expander ball. The seater is top notch. I like Redding too, but the custom neck honing pushes me to Forster nowadays...
John
Re: Best Die Set to buy for 308 reloading???
the redding is good to go. now u gotta get the bushing for the brass and bullet
the redding is good to go. now u gotta get the bushing for the brass and bullet
Re: Best Die Set to buy for 308 reloading???
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Hondo64d</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I have a Forster Benchrest set that I really like. For a small fee ( maybe $10?) Forster custom honed the neck diameter for me. Now, I don't have to use an expander ball. The seater is top notch. I like Redding too, but the custom neck honing pushes me to Forster nowadays...
John</div></div>
I will look into the Forster Monday....
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Hondo64d</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I have a Forster Benchrest set that I really like. For a small fee ( maybe $10?) Forster custom honed the neck diameter for me. Now, I don't have to use an expander ball. The seater is top notch. I like Redding too, but the custom neck honing pushes me to Forster nowadays...
John</div></div>
I will look into the Forster Monday....
Re: Best Die Set to buy for 308 reloading???
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: h2osport</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Can't go wrong with the redding dies. I use them for 300 win mag, 308, and 223wssm. Bushing neck size is fine if you are reloading brass shot in 1 rifle. If you are shooting brass from more than 1 rifle or for more than 1, you will probably want to full length size.
Randy</div></div>
Why would this matter...Rookie question I am sure...but I am going to reload fro an AR10 and bolt gun as well...
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: h2osport</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Can't go wrong with the redding dies. I use them for 300 win mag, 308, and 223wssm. Bushing neck size is fine if you are reloading brass shot in 1 rifle. If you are shooting brass from more than 1 rifle or for more than 1, you will probably want to full length size.
Randy</div></div>
Why would this matter...Rookie question I am sure...but I am going to reload fro an AR10 and bolt gun as well...
Re: Best Die Set to buy for 308 reloading???
Different barrels have different chambers. A necked sized round from one gun might not fit into another. You can also get a full length neck bushing die set to control the neck tension and full length at the same time.... or you can keep the brass separate for each gun.
Different barrels have different chambers. A necked sized round from one gun might not fit into another. You can also get a full length neck bushing die set to control the neck tension and full length at the same time.... or you can keep the brass separate for each gun.
Re: Best Die Set to buy for 308 reloading???
TexBone,
It's all that I use.
Don
TexBone,
It's all that I use.
Don
Re: Best Die Set to buy for 308 reloading???
I purchace a reamer for any caliber I want to use and then have my smith make me a die with the same reamer as was used to cut my chamber. Whe I burn the barrel up I give him my reamer and he cuts me a new chamber,the die already made with the reamer is still good to go. BTW I use a bushing die.
I purchace a reamer for any caliber I want to use and then have my smith make me a die with the same reamer as was used to cut my chamber. Whe I burn the barrel up I give him my reamer and he cuts me a new chamber,the die already made with the reamer is still good to go. BTW I use a bushing die.
Re: Best Die Set to buy for 308 reloading???
I reload ~ 60 different cartridges.
I own ~ 100 die sets.
My bullets, brass, powder, primers, and dies fill 98 file folder boxes.
I make up my own loads and build my own rifles.
My current level of understanding for factory chambered rifles is:
The cheapest path to the most accuracy is a Forster seater die and a Lee Collet neck die.
The Redding set you are looking at will not cost much more nor get measurably worse groups [as long as you are not pulling the expander ball through a tight neck, which you will not be if you use big enough bushings], so feel free to buy the Redding set.
I reload ~ 60 different cartridges.
I own ~ 100 die sets.
My bullets, brass, powder, primers, and dies fill 98 file folder boxes.
I make up my own loads and build my own rifles.
My current level of understanding for factory chambered rifles is:
The cheapest path to the most accuracy is a Forster seater die and a Lee Collet neck die.
The Redding set you are looking at will not cost much more nor get measurably worse groups [as long as you are not pulling the expander ball through a tight neck, which you will not be if you use big enough bushings], so feel free to buy the Redding set.
