Wilson arbor press dies

[SFLEFTY]

I need to start asking who uses Wilson and such arbor press dies, and what the pros and cons are. Thanks in advance for your advice, and I'm talking 6BR mainly.

[Apache]

I am a BIG fan of Wilson dies.

The ONLY draw back (IMHO) is the need to FL size occasionally. Need a regular press and dies for that.

[SFLEFTY]

Thank you for your input Apache. I waited to see if anyone else joined in, but not so far.

[RWO]

I use a Wilson seater in 20 VT. My loads routinely show less than .001 bullet runout.

RWO

[xj4me]

never checked run out with my .223 dies but im sure its pretty low. i like the sensitivity, you can really tell if your neck tension varies. I have never bumped shoulders on my .223 and after 8 or 9 firings i never noticed any differences. I would also recommend using a universal decapping die as it takes forever to do on an arbor press.

[bpratl]

Is there any advantage of using just the Wilson Bullet seater?

[Joe O]

The advantage with the wilson dies,is you do not contend with the play any screw- in die will have.When you set up a 7/8x14screw-in die,run the case into the die before locking it down.This helps center the die,both sizing and seating.The seating dies with a floating sleve help with alignment,ie Forster,Hornady,and some reddings,and RCBS.Check the runout and move the screw in dies around for minimal runout.Wilson straight line seating dies eliminates this problem.