Thread: Hornaday dies?

My local only stocks hornaday and I like to shop local.
They alright?

Originally Posted by muka88

My local only stocks hornaday and I like to shop local.
They alright?

Yep nothing wrong with them.
Dies generally arnt the limiting factor in accuracy!

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Originally Posted by muka88

My local only stocks hornaday and I like to shop local.
They alright?

Ive got a few different die sets, including competition sets, I have a few of the Hornady new dimension die sets (with the sliding sleeve on the seater die) they make just as good ammo as any of the others.

I like my new dimension ones, very nice to use.

They do come with a internal protective coating that needs to be cleaned off before use.

Originally Posted by tetawa

They do come with a internal protective coating that needs to be cleaned off before use.

I have them for 223/7mm08 cals, and found them to be really tight. I wonder if that's the reason.

How'd you clean them ?

Did the same as you and bitched to the retailer, he said did you clean them first, no. Dissembled and used Brake Clean, problem disappeared.

Originally Posted by Max Headroom

I have them for 223/7mm08 cals, and found them to be really tight. I wonder if that's the reason.

How'd you clean them ?

Also changed over to Imperial case sizing wax a few years ago, have also found that great.

Originally Posted by tetawa

Also changed over to Imperial case sizing wax a few years ago, have also found that great.

Hmmmm.

Originally Posted by Max Headroom

Hmmmm.

Can you give yours a scrub and let me know how you get on please?

Originally Posted by Max Headroom

Hmmmm.

Imperial sizing wax, do it, it's perfection

Originally Posted by muka88

Can you give yours a scrub and let me know how you get on please?

Aye aye.

I gave my 223 sizing die a scrub and wash out with brake cleaner, and ran 30 or so cases through. Now they seem to get hung up on the expander ball and come out with a bang when they go past it, which hasn't happened before.

I polished the expander ball in case that was the problem, but the same thing happened.

I also increased the amount of case lube in case that was the problem. Still they stuck.

Maybe I'm having a bad day, which right now wouldn't surprise me.

In case I'm not, I don't recommend Hornady custom grade sizing dies.

That said, I use the seating die from the same pack, as I'm told by John Herbert (Herbmeister to those of you from Sportshooter forum) that it does a really good job.

I tend to mix and match dies these days, so I cherry pick from sets to do what I want.

Lee - sizing/decapping die
Hornady - seating die
Lyman - M die (for belling the case mouth for flat base projectiles)
Lee - crimp die

I never use expander balls in any of my dies these days. I expand with a K&M mandrel first then bushing neck die on outside turned cases to get precise tension. Before I arrived at this way of doing things seating projectiles seemed to require different force every time. Now they all seat just the same.

I never liked dragging an expander ball back through my case necks.

Just my way and I know there are a thousand answers to the same question in reloading, but this works for me.

Originally Posted by Max Headroom

I gave my 223 sizing die a scrub and wash out with brake cleaner, and ran 30 or so cases through. Now they seem to get hung up on the expander ball and come out with a bang when they go past it, which hasn't happened before.

I polished the expander ball in case that was the problem, but the same thing happened.

I also increased the amount of case lube in case that was the problem. Still they stuck.

Maybe I'm having a bad day, which right now wouldn't surprise me.

In case I'm not, I don't recommend Hornady custom grade sizing dies.

That said, I use the seating die from the same pack, as I'm told by John Herbert (Herbmeister to those of you from Sportshooter forum) that it does a really good job.

I tend to mix and match dies these days, so I cherry pick from sets to do what I want.

Lee - sizing/decapping die
Hornady - seating die
Lyman - M die (for belling the case mouth for flat base projectiles)
Lee - crimp die

Thank @Max Headroom might make the trip down to reloaders and see what they have