Thread: Importing dies etc

Sinclairs, they charge a bit for freight thou

Originally Posted by outdoorlad

Sinclairs, they charge a bit for freight thou

It cost me US$15 for freight for one set of dies.
Worked out at about $76 NZ landed for a RCBS 2 die set.
They aren't that bad and they shipped within 2 days of order.
I think I will have to order some more soon when I get my 375 H&H

Originally Posted by jim160

It cost me US$15 for freight for one set of dies.
Worked out at about $76 NZ landed for a RCBS 2 die set.
They aren't that bad and they shipped within 2 days of order.
I think I will have to order some more soon when I get my 375 H&H

2 days ago Sinclairs quoted me US$25 for one die to NZ, nothing else, just the die on its lonesome.
Exchange rate still crap.
Have gone with Julian @ Workshop Inno who will supply NZ$3.50 cheaper than Sinclairs' landed price.
But having said that I have just bought 2 sets of dies off CH4D for odd ball calibres that you cannot get dies for here in NZ.
Each deal needs to be evaluated at the time - overseas versus local taking into account xchange rate, delivery time from US (getting bad right now), local availability etc etc. If there is only a few bucks in it I would go local.

Some of the simpler die sets will come in close if buying local. Where buying overseas makes sense is the more sophisticated die sets like Redding Comp dies where the savings are considerable as long at keeping clear of gst.

Originally Posted by zimmer

2 days ago Sinclairs quoted me US$25 for one die to NZ, nothing else, just the die on its lonesome.
Exchange rate still crap.
Have gone with Julian @ Workshop Inno who will supply NZ$3.50 cheaper than Sinclairs' landed price.
But having said that I have just bought 2 sets of dies off CH4D for odd ball calibres that you cannot get dies for here in NZ.
Each deal needs to be evaluated at the time - overseas versus local taking into account xchange rate, delivery time from US (getting bad right now), local availability etc etc. If there is only a few bucks in it I would go local.

I got the dies from Brownells cause no one in NZ had 30/40 krag dies. Normally I would get from here, but as you say, CH4D has just over 2500 different dies on their catalogue, so they are good to get the odd ball stuff. And they will even make dies to suit your rifle chamber if they don't have them in stock or if they don't exist.

Originally Posted by jim160

I got the dies from Brownells cause no one in NZ had 30/40 krag dies. Normally I would get from here, but as you say, CH4D has just over 2500 different dies on their catalogue, so they are good to get the odd ball stuff. And they will even make dies to suit your rifle chamber if they don't have them in stock or if they don't exist.

Fair enough - these strange people who shoot strange cartridges ha ha.
Incidentally, CH4D was superb to deal off. He (Dave) answered all my questions at what I worked out to be 1am his time. Apparently he goes in late and always works thru to the wee small hours.