Hornady Dies..how good are they?
#3
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: NW Ohio , 5 min from Ottawa National / Magee Marsh
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RE: Hornady Dies..how good are they?
I like the Hornday dies ,the 22 cal. neck sizing die lets me just size .24 of the neck and leave the rest of the case alone . this gives me the best accury and low case length growth .
#4
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Western Nebraska
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RE: Hornady Dies..how good are they?
I own over thirty sets of dies.....only one of them a hornady. As long as I have to use two wrenches to tighten the spindle to keep it from pulling thru I'll use dies from a company that knows how to put threads on a spindle.
#5
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: NW Ohio , 5 min from Ottawa National / Magee Marsh
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RE: Hornady Dies..how good are they?
Vapdog the reason hornday dose that IMO is so if you get bredan primed case or a rock in a case you don't brake the expander rod
#6
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Western Nebraska
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RE: Hornady Dies..how good are they?
the reason hornday dose that IMO is so if you get bredan primed case or a rock in a case you don't brake the expander rod
#8
Fork Horn
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Altadena CA
Posts: 494
RE: Hornady Dies..how good are they?
They sure treat you right when something goes wrong. I buggered something up twice, and both times they fixed it free even though I said I was willing to pay because it was my fault.
#9
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Western Nebraska
Posts: 3,393
RE: Hornady Dies..how good are they?
They sure treat you right when something goes wrong. I buggered something up twice, and both times they fixed it free even though I said I was willing to pay because it was my fault
BTW their lock and load AP is a very fine reloader and especially for handgun and smaller rifle cases. It will handle the larger cases but clearance gets finicky.
Hornady's entire lock and load feature is a great innovation once you get it figured out how to use them.
#10
RE: Hornady Dies..how good are they?
I load .454 Casull and .45 Colt with a set of Hornady New Dimension dies and have found that they make quality ammo. I also don't care for the decapper rod design, but I just decap the brass with my RCBS universal decapper die. Can't speak for the rifle dies as I wouldn't buy a rifle die set from anybody but Redding. Redding makes the best rifle dies that I can afford.
Mike
Mike