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I have been reloading 9mm, .38 anad .45 ACP on a Dillon Square Deal for about a year now. I have all the neccesary equipment for pistol such as a tumbler and scale, but I want to start loading rifle. .223 to start off, with .30-06 and a few other calibers later. Here's a list of the specific parts I am looking at getting
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Lee Universal Depriming Die
RCBS full length resizing die
Possum Hollow Kwik case trimmer
RCBS Universale Hand Priming tool
Redding Competition Seating Die
Lee factory crimp die
I'm looking for recomendations on a good powder drop, I'm liking the RCBS unit right now but am open to other options. I'm not specifically after match grade ammo, but I would like respectable accuracy for my effort. Am I forgetting anything?
Sir, to add to your list: dial caliper, case gage or RCBS case mic, case lube (Imperial), case neck deburring tool. If you plan to buy a Redding Competition seater die and an RCBS FL resizing die, in my humble opinion you get a better value if you buy a Redding Type "S" match die set and the optional carbide expander ball. This will save you the cost of the Lee Universal Depriming Die, and the RCBS FL sizing die. If you buy the correct size type "S" bushing for the Redding sizing die to provide approximately .002" inside case neck diameter less than bullet OD (.222" for .224" diameter bullet) you also don't need a Lee factory crimp die unless it just makes you feel better to crimp your cartridges. Lastly, while I've always had good experience with RCBS products there are better on the market. Take the money you save by not buying the Lee crimp die and decapping die and spend it on a Sinclair hand priming tool vice the RCBS version.
In my humble opinion the best value powder measure currently on the market is the Redding 3BR. Once you develop a consistant operating technique it is equally as good as any of the Harrell's measures that cost significantly more than the Redding. JMHO, 7zero1.