I use the standard RCBS dies because they are inexpensive. One of my buddies has a set of RCBS competition dies that has a micrometer on the seating die and it's pretty nice. It saves some time when you are seating the bullets to your desired length but I'm just not attracted to the price. They aren't as expensive as Redding but I still do not want to spend $80 on a set of dies, plus you need a special shell holder for those dies.

Once you get the hang of the course seating depth adjustment and have a good set of calipers you can achieve your desired OAL pretty efficiently. I can normally achieve my desired length to the 1/1000 after 3 trips up the press with the course adjustment because that is all I have ever used.

I would rather spend my money on something else personally, like an electronic powder dispenser.

By the way, does anybody use one of those?If so, what say you? I suppose I should put this in a different post....