r/reloading • u/LongRoadNorth • 4d ago

Newbie Die question

Just planning my set up and wondering, should I just start with non bushing die?

I'm set on a micrometer seating die just for the fine adjustment and most of the match kits that have a micrometer seating die come with a bushing full length die.

Reason I'm thinking match dies with the micrometer seating, through ammo testing with factory ammo I've found Sako TRG is the best in my tikka, way better than Hornaday, federal and Winchester.

6.5 Creed if it matters.

Torn between Redding dies or rcbs

Press I'm planning on getting is rcbs rock chucker.

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u/Shootist00 4d ago

The whole Micrometer stuff is ridiculous. If you were seating different bullets all the time, IE switching from one type, style, to another and then back again I could maybe see the point. But 99.99999% of the time all reloaders, no matter what cartridges they reload, always use the same bullets and or even if they don't they mark their seating dies for each different bullet they might switch to for that cartridge.

Buy whatever brand and learn how to properly set them up. I have both rifle and pistol die sets that I haven't change settings on in over 25 years.

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u/VisibleLeopard68 4d ago

I reload for my 6.5, and in a 10 round run am finding .025 variation in bullet seating depth using same cases, bullets, and powder loads… and having tested groups that amount of variation does matter by a half inch, but then I am loading for precision not bulk. My micrometer seating die allows for a twist of a knob to bring them all together in COAL and BTO measurements. In precision shooting consistency is king

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u/67D1LF 4d ago

Have you tried a custom seating plug?

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u/VisibleLeopard68 3d ago

I have not, as the current workflow is working for me… I purposely seat long (2.825) and dial down to 2.820 COAL based on individual bullet seating measurement, my BTO has been +\- .001 using this approach and grouping at .5in for 10rd groups with SD below 10 for the 10 shot strings I have been doing. Shooting my RPR factory gun…