Guest Xen Posted April 27, 2006 Report Share Posted April 27, 2006 just wondering if anybody notices any real difference in Dillon dies over Lee - other than the price. Are they so much better than Lee that they are worth 2 times as much? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reloader Posted April 27, 2006 Report Share Posted April 27, 2006 Re: Dies - Lee vs Dillon I don't have any experience with Dillon but I do have experience with Lee and RCBS. Short answer for this room...the Lee dies are just fine, don't spend the extra unless you are realy picky or into serious competition shooting you will never notice a diference. For handgun ammo there is not that much difference since the cases tend to take less sizing and I would recomend either. Lee dies are cheaper in both senses of the word in that they tend to wear over time and will eventualy become less precice than RCBS (or Dillon from what I have read). This is only going to be noticable if you are doing a lot of heavy rifle cartriges that take heafty sizing pressure, or if you reload thousands of rounds a year like serious competition shooters do. My dad has used both for 20+ years and I have noticed the diference when using his equipment, Though he has replaced most of his Lee stuff with RCBS, his old RCBS stuff is still working strong. Lee presses even more so than the dies have been known to distort under the heavy load of resizing heavy magnum cases or even worse wildcating cases from larger bores. Their shotgun presses are just fine though and will last just fine since they don't take nearly the same pressures. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJ Posted April 27, 2006 Report Share Posted April 27, 2006 Re: Dies - Lee vs Dillon I have worn out sets of .44 Magnum and .45 ACP Lee dies. The dies got scratches and would not hold the primer pin any longer. I replaced them with Dillon and they have a whole lot of rounds through them and they are still kicking like day 1. I threw out all of my Lee dies and went with Dillon handgun dies and redding rifle dies for the most part. I do have a couple sets of RCBS dies still. The benefit of the Dillon dies are how easy they are to take apart and clean. You can pull the pin and clean the die without having the hastle of setting up the dies again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hangunnr Posted April 27, 2006 Report Share Posted April 27, 2006 Re: Dies - Lee vs Dillon [ QUOTE ] .......I threw out all of my Lee dies and went with Dillon handgun dies...... The benefit of the Dillon dies are how easy they are to take apart and clean. You can pull the pin and clean the die without having the hastle of setting up the dies again. [/ QUOTE ] +1 hangunnr Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LifeNRA Posted April 28, 2006 Report Share Posted April 28, 2006 Re: Dies - Lee vs Dillon I have a Dillon Square Deal B for 9mm, .38 & .357, and for .380. The .38 - .357 dies are going super! I must have loaded over 10,000 rounds by now, showing no sign of wear! I just wished I was still shooting competition again. I might have to soon sell this press, not sure yet though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VTbowman Posted April 28, 2006 Report Share Posted April 28, 2006 Re: Dies - Lee vs Dillon [ QUOTE ] I have a Dillon Square Deal B for 9mm, .38 & .357, and for .380. The .38 - .357 dies are going super! I must have loaded over 10,000 rounds by now, showing no sign of wear! I just wished I was still shooting competition again. I might have to soon sell this press, not sure yet though. [/ QUOTE ] Hey buddie think of me if you decide to sell. I am soon to be looking into reloading... I dont want to get into it cheaply and then end up paying twice to do the same thing wehn the cheap stuff craps out.. JMO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Xen Posted April 29, 2006 Report Share Posted April 29, 2006 Re: Dies - Lee vs Dillon you can get dillon stuff for just about the same price anywhere you look - they have this thing about making all their distributors sell it for no less than a set amount. about the only thing i have seen people do to get around this, is maybe throw in a die set with a reloader or a conversion kit, something like that, free shipping seems to be popular too. last time i tried to find dillon stuff on the web, i went to www.dillonreloaders.com - but it ended up being a different company that was selling their stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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