Hornady Dies

[dukeboy_318]

Anyone try the hornady dies? I was reading the review on several sites that sell them and they are mixed so I wanted to see what you guys thought of them.

 

[x10]

I've used Hornady dies with the eliptical expander and love them, that being said when I bought my dillon 550 it came with dillon 223 dies and I use those exclusivly now but he main reason is the built in stuck case feature.

the only dies I would buy is dillon or hornady

 

[cosermann]

Hornady dies? I didn't even know he was sick.

 

[AllenM]

I have used Hornady alot but am getting away from them and going to Redding or RCBS even Lee.
I like everything about Hornady except the sizing dies don't compress the brass enough and have caused me issues with neck tension on some brands brass that are thinner then others.
On some calibers it doesn't seem to matter but Hornady consistently re sizes larger than the other brand dies I now use

 

[jdhaines]

I do RCBS for rifles due to the x-die feature. My pistol dies are the Hornady new dimension and they seem to work exactly as expected.

 

[Yeah]

The new dimension rifle dies are junk, producing some of the least concentric necks I've ever measured.

 

[Cerberus]

Their pistol dies worked fine. Didn't much care for the .308 rifle die. Now use Lee once again.

 

[45fan]

I have a couple sets of hornady dies, 45 ACP& LC, and I love them. I do have a few other calibers for handgun in the lee line, and they are OK, but not as "refined" as the Hornady dies. As far as my rifle dies, I started out with lee, but quickly have moved to the RCBS X sizing dies, and love them compared to the lee sizing dies.

 

[kboom524]

All my pistol dies are Hornady. 9mm, 40 S&W, 357mag, 45 acp, and 44mag. Have never had a problem with them and have been using some for over 20 years. Also have rifle dies in 204 Ruger, 243, and 30-06 and have had no problems with any of them either. Very happy with my Hornady dies.

 

[Broom_jm]

They work as well as other dies...I can't say they are worth the extra cost but I have not had any trouble with necks that are not concentric.