BC & Tom,

Thanks for the info. I'm going to go ahead and order up the Lyman die set even though it costs twice as much as the LEE set. I'm currently setting up the Marlin for hunting bears since I will be heading up to Canada in Aug/Sept for a hunt. I'm going to go ahead and get some 400 gr bullets. I've had good expereince with the Partitions so I'm going to price check those.

Tom,

Would the speer jacketed be good for bear and if so is there a model name I should look into?

Thanks for all the help guys. I appreciate it.

Tom