Was resizing brass the other day and the ring wiggled loose.....to top it off I removed it to replace it with a hornady lock ring and the bastard took a piece out of the resizing die threading while unscrewing it. You would think for the price of these dies they would come with better lock rings.
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RCBS and a little wrench by your press...
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No shit, I had a small fortune in Sinclair rings, and their fancy plier, then bought a coax, now another small fortune! Hornady's are nice!
"suck" is an inadequate description. After many years of trial and evaluation I went with the Lee rings with the embedded O-ring. Forster rings came in second, Hornady third. Redding makes some nice dies .... but .... as so eloquently stated, their die rings "suck".
Don't use lock rings. Let the die "float". Helps reduce runout.
So if that statement is correct, the Lee design should be the best design?
That was my conclusion.
You can't not secure the die because the threads will back out. Having it secure with a bit of float is very good. Even better is proper installation of the die in the press. I run the case up into the die before I lock it down. It self centers.
You can't not secure the die because the threads will back out. Having it secure with a bit of float is very good. Even better is proper installation of the die in the press. I run the case up into the die before I lock it down. It self centers.
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I've had dies back out when fl sizing, yup, free floating, big fucking mess. Either resize or load, load, you better have a body die!
I use the Hornady lock rings, for the price I don't think they can be beat. The Forster lock rings were also nice, but a bit more expensive.
I'm using the hornady LNL bushings in my lee classic cast. I find they "float" the dies and make changing dies very fast...doing it this way I need a lock ring.
I'm also using an autoloader and got to bump the shoulder back when I FL size and I am to cheap to buy a bump gauge. So removing the ejector out of my bolt is not something I like to do often.
The split rings like Hornady or Sinclair are nice, but I've never had a problem with a lock ring. I loosen the set screw and tap it with a hammer handle or plastic mallet and they unscrew. Lightman
I use the Lee lock rings. Just didnt like the idea of the Redding lock rings
When I bought my Forster Dies I purchased some Sinclair lock rings. I have never regretted it. for 15 bucks you have a lock ring that will last as long as you own your set of dies.
