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Post by lar4570 on Sept 6, 2021 7:30:11 GMT -5
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CBH
.30 Stingray
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Post by CBH on Sept 6, 2021 7:44:40 GMT -5
Buffalo Arms sells custom expander balls that fit rcbs die bodies,reasonably priced and work fine. Currently trying to get my Hornady New Dimention dies to load 405Win with cast bullets sized .414. Not having much luck. I’m sure RCBS dies would have been better choice.
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Post by bigbore5 on Sept 14, 2021 2:54:15 GMT -5
Have the RCBS and Hornady. Neither are what I would call great.
The Linebaugh is a very expensive gun. Spend the $450 for the Redding custom set with profile crimp and titanium. No lube. No bullet pull. Perfect sizing. Micrometer bullet seating. They'll even match the seater to the bullet you send in
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Post by wyomingnimrod on Apr 24, 2024 21:52:03 GMT -5
Have the RCBS and Hornady. Neither are what I would call great. The Linebaugh is a very expensive gun. Spend the $450 for the Redding custom set with profile crimp and titanium. No lube. No bullet pull. Perfect sizing. Micrometer bullet seating. They'll even match the seater to the bullet you send in Do you know if such a thing is still available? Cheers |
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Post by wheelnut on Apr 24, 2024 21:54:26 GMT -5
Have the RCBS and Hornady. Neither are what I would call great. The Linebaugh is a very expensive gun. Spend the $450 for the Redding custom set with profile crimp and titanium. No lube. No bullet pull. Perfect sizing. Micrometer bullet seating. They'll even match the seater to the bullet you send in Do you know if such a thing is still available? Cheers I've asked Redding for 500L dies and they say they don't have the tooling to make a die for a bullet that big but if there is enough demand they'll reconsider. Shame, Redding are my favorite dies. |
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Post by bushog on Apr 24, 2024 22:02:26 GMT -5
I’ve never seen .500 Linebaugh Redding dies…
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Post by kevshell on Apr 25, 2024 6:16:38 GMT -5
I was unaware Redding would make these dies. I just sent them a message. We shall see.
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Post by wyomingnimrod on Apr 25, 2024 7:48:39 GMT -5
I just emailed Redding to inquire as well. Hopefully we all add up to enough consumer demand.
I am not seeing many positive comments about Hornady’s dies and those are the only ones I see available online. It would be a shame to have Bowen build me a .500L and then have the shooting experience suffer because of poor die selection and or bullet selection. Any advice appreciated!
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Post by foxtrapper on Apr 25, 2024 8:04:10 GMT -5
, I bought a 510 taper crimp die from Reeder. Tight throats with a roll crimp was annoying. Made it difficult to seat the cartridge in the chamber. Taper crimp was the ticket!
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Post by bigbore5 on Apr 25, 2024 17:20:10 GMT -5
I dug back through my dies. That set wasn't Redding after all. It's a custom set of C&H dies I've had in a Redding die box for 30 years.
I've used the Hornady dies with no problems, but ended up facing them of to load 50 special a decade or so ago. I would like to get a set of their carbide dies though
I hate lubing cases.
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Post by bushog on Apr 25, 2024 19:28:11 GMT -5
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Post by iwsbull on Apr 25, 2024 20:33:32 GMT -5
Hate to hijack ( but not enough to stop me). If I added the CH taper crimp to my Hornady set, do you think it would stop the bullet jump I keep getting? Or do you think the full length sizer would be a bit tighter than the Hornady and would be a better option?
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Post by bigbore5 on Apr 25, 2024 20:47:01 GMT -5
 Adjusted properly I have had no problems with the Hornady New Dimension crimp die. Pictured are the 355gr@1535fps,410gr@1350, and a 525gr@1150fps loads after going around the cylinder twice. That's riding 8 recoil cycles. No visible pulling. From the 4 die New Dimension set using the separate crimp only die. The only time I have had real trouble with pull is with the Bushwhacker and the 525's. But that's a whole nother story. Are you using the separate crimp only die? Or over crimping? |
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Post by iwsbull on Apr 25, 2024 20:55:52 GMT -5
The 500L is the only one I have had to pull any. I have went tighter and looser with the crimp and it was a mute change. It is the Hornady 4 die set so I seat and crimp separately, wondered if my size die might be just a smidge oversized.
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Post by bigbore5 on Apr 25, 2024 21:04:35 GMT -5
Too bad Lee can't make a collet crimp die in this size. I would get a factory crimp die in a heartbeat if they could.
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