Re: Good caliper
"It appears a very large number of calipers currently on the market are made in China and are inaccurate pieces of crap."
It may be that your information sources are inaccurate pieces of crap.
I have some 5 Chink calipers, dial and digital, and every one is as accurate as a caliper is supposed to be, that's +/- about a half thou or better of pure accuracy and that's as precise as any reloader needs. Using Hornady's Case "Headspace" and bullet seating devices don't "need" to be even that good, all you're going to need is good repeatability and I can assure you any caliper made will do as well for that work as the operator's skill allows. It appears the various reloading companies agree with me; Hornady, Lyman, RCBS, MidwayUSA calipers I've seen appear to have been made in the same Chineese shop as my H.F. calipers but they cost a LOT more than my H.F.s did.
Those who avoid buying Chinese stuff had best not look at the 'made in' tags on their TVs, computers, printers, routers, cameras, cell phones, hand and power tools of all brands, nuts/bolts and nails, etc.