Thread: Reloading the .338 Lapua

I think you'll find you will no matter what, you will be spending stupid money to shoot a .338Lapua enough to have success at 2Km. 90 odd grains of powder, expensive brass and projectiles.
Everytime you fire a case it will become a bit more 'snug' in your chamber until eventually it becomes very hard to open and close the bolt. A full length sizing die reduces all the dimensions of the fired case so it will fit into any factory chamber easily. It also works the brass more than neck sizing obviously so some people choose to only full length size every few cycles.
Redding dies are fine. Any .338Lapua dies that use an expander ball can be hard work with a cheap press.
Forster dies are also very good and sometimes cheaper than redding.