Originally Posted by
flangster
FWIW, I am a fairly new reloader and have tried a bunch of dies -- Redding, Lee, Forster, RCBS, Wilson (so much for buy once/cry once). . . Runout has been the least with a Forster micrometer seating die and with a Wilson/arbor press set up. If I had to go to next on the list, I'd go Redding.
I too am limited to 100 yards, but I'm chasing that one-hole group so accuracy/repeatability is important. I am on the fence about neck-sizing. I have/am trying it, but so far it appears as likely as not to introduce a new set of variables rather than eliminate them. Perhaps there is an advantage on case neck life? But annealing can help there too.
Unless you are reloading for a variety of rifles in the same caliber, I am not sure that the micrometer feature is useful. You are going to have to measure the completed rounds anyway . . .you can do this as easily without the index markings on the microseater as anything else. Of more importance to me is seating the bullets in a consistent way, pushing on the bullets' ogive. BTW, have you measured the runout you are currently getting? If your setup produces runout of +/- 1, I don't think a fancier die is necessarily going to improve it.
Good luck -- let us know what you choose and how it works.
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