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    In my opinion, the more important thing to look for is the crimp die. For anything with a crimp groove, like a lead SWC may have, or for the DEWC, the roll crimp (Redding calls it a Profile Crimp die) is what works best. For anything without that groove, then a basic taper crimp works well.

    If you're loading bunny fart, plinking loads, then it really doesn't matter much...

    Nothing wrong with Lee dies for this caliber! All the manufacturers make dies for this round, big difference is what seating stems are included, what type of crimp's used, and as mentioned, you really want a carbide sizing die!
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    Quote Originally Posted by MarkDisciplinare View Post
    In my opinion, the more important thing to look for is the crimp die. For anything with a crimp groove, like a lead SWC may have, or for the DEWC, the roll crimp (Redding calls it a Profile Crimp die) is what works best. For anything without that groove, then a basic taper crimp works well.

    If you're loading bunny fart, plinking loads, then it really doesn't matter much...

    Nothing wrong with Lee dies for this caliber! All the manufacturers make dies for this round, big difference is what seating stems are included, what type of crimp's used, and as mentioned, you really want a carbide sizing die!
    Wes swears by the Lee factory crimp dies, I haven't needed them yet but....

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    Quote Originally Posted by coachk12 View Post
    Wes swears by the Lee factory crimp dies, I haven't needed them yet but....

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    That's all I use. And I'll tell you from experience. You'll need a pretty good crimp on light loads to prevent flash over.

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