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Posted: 3/13/2012 4:53:51 PM EDT
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I'm a big fan of Redding dies, and over the years have accumulated a bunch. Most of my handloading is with Redding. Recently I bought a Redding Small Base .223 sizing die. When I tried to use it, it was actually scraping a ring of metal from the sides of every case I tried it on, regardless of brand, or which of my .223s they were fired in. The cases were ruined. The only way I could avoid the problem was to resize the cases first with a regular sizing die, then size again with the Redding SB die. Likewise, new unprimed brass worked OK, but never plain old fired brass. Of course, yes, cases were well lubed; I even tried different lubes.
I contacted Redding and they asked me to return the die, along with some fired cases and some ruined cases. A couple weeks later the die was returned to me, complete with all the cases I'd sent them. They said the die just wasn't adequately polished at the mouth, leaving a sharp shoulder where a smooth transition should have been. No charge of course. Now the die works perfectly. I continue to like Redding; they sent me their latest catalog, and it shows all sorts of innovative handloading technology. And now I know they stand behind their products. |
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I have found the same thing with both of my Redding AI dies. It's great that they stand by their products, but I'm from the camp that products should not leave the factory until tested and pass inspection.
Once, OK bad die slipped through the cracks, Twice with the same AI type die, NOT. Poor QC. |
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