Thread: Dud Hornady Die?

Have had the same issues with 3x Hornady FL dies. I'm not sure if the make them to really squeeze the brass back down excessively or what, but I hate them, it feels like I'm gonna rip my press off the bench. Just horrid compared to Lee, Redding and RCBS that I've used.

interesting, the other 3 sets i have are firm and need a bit of leverage but nothing like this one. did yours sustain any damage?

Originally Posted by Beavis

Have had the same issues with 3x Hornady FL dies. I'm not sure if the make them to really squeeze the brass back down excessively or what, but I hate them, it feels like I'm gonna rip my press off the bench. Just horrid compared to Lee, Redding and RCBS that I've used.

Originally Posted by LOC

interesting, the other 3 sets i have are firm and need a bit of leverage but nothing like this one. did yours sustain any damage?

No damage. But there has been a few times I have been worried I am going to rip the case head off trying to get expander ball back through the neck. I took the expander ball out and found that it excessively resizes the neck. Seating a projectile in such a case was difficult and the projectile bulged the neck out. I think they size way to aggressively and the expander has to do alot of work to open the neck back up. With my redding dies I just screw the expander button off and run the case through without it with great results.