What brand?
What brand of reloading equipment do you use and why? I see people all the time with the brand A sucks or brand B is just no good But I want to know why? I have been using a Lyman press and Lee dies for almost 30 years never had a single problem, this does not mean RCBS is bad or Lee is better it is just what I have used, so if you have a reason for one being better could ya let me know? Thanks, David.

A lot of it has to do with the volume of reloading you use the gear for. If you only reload occasionally, then the less expensive gear like the Lee boxed kits are fine, but if you reload hundreds of rounds each week and shoot in competition, that is another matter. I got into rifle reloading because I can produce ammunition that my rifle will shoot more accurately than factory fodder. I use Redding dies for my most accurate rifles and do a lot of work on the brass before I start loading. Believe it or not, I use a Dillon RL550 for most of my loading and not my RCBS Rockchucker. When you use a progressive press, you leave the dies in a removable shellholder instead of screwing them into and out of the press. Every time you remove the dies to change calibers, you change the adjustment slightly, even when the dies have a lock ring. I use RCBS, Dillon, Hornandy, Redding and Lee gear depending on what caliber I'm loading. The cheaper gear just seems to get out of adjustment more and is not as comfortable to use during high volume reloading sessions. Dillon press RCBS press Hornandy tumbler RCBS brass/media seperator Redding dies for match rifle loading RCBS dies for standard rifle loads Lee carbide pistol dies

I use a little bit of everything in 45 years of reloading. I have a Pacific (Hornady now) press. I have RCBS scale, powder measure, dies, etc. Lyman Case trimmer, dies. Lee dies. The only thing I have bought from Lee that I don't recommend is my Pro 1000 progressive. It is truly a pain to use and keep in adjustment. I use a Belding and Mull powder measure for precise work.

I use mostly RCBS. I have RCBS jr single stage press and mostly RCBS dies but I also have a set of Lee rifle dies that I don't like and replaced them. Hornady. To me Lee is at the bottom of the food chain. I have some other things from Redding and Lyman. I don't load large amounts around 1000 ea 6.5 Swede and 30 Carbine a year couple, hundred 30/30, 3 to 4 K .38 Spl/.357 maybe a 500 .380 To me Lee is at the bottom of the food chain.

For My volume Pistol I still use my Lee loadmaster, 6-10K a year of 40S&W, some times I swear by it, others I swear at it. some times I use it for .223's, maybe 2-5K? a year. 3-4K of 9mm a year. Lee classic cast for low volume stuff, Just like a Rock Chucker that doesn't puke primers everywhere. Lee and RCBS dies Lee bullet molds