ORIGINAL: dmurphy317
I, for one, did go from RCBS to Lee. I already had the Lee aniversary kit that I was loading rifle cartridges with. When I bought a 357 revolver, my brother gave me a set of regular RCBS dies for it. After about 200 rounds I decided I didn't like having to lube all those cases and bought a set of Lee carbide dies and never looked back. I've loaded maybe 1000 to 1500 with them and have no complaints. I still use the aniversary kit for all my reloading. The only thing I'm considering changing is the powder measure. After several thousand rounds it is still working but it just isn't as smooth as the better quality units out there.
The RCBS were not carbide? I knew they offered the regular steel ones but never knew why anybody would buy them. I had to for 357sig and yea lubing for that case is a pain. Actually everything with a 357sig is a pain.