I'm considering buying one of these types of dies and I wonder if there's any significant difference between the two. I know Meacham advertizes no case belling necessary. Is Vickerman the same? Thanks.
I'm considering buying one of these types of dies and I wonder if there's any significant difference between the two. I know Meacham advertizes no case belling necessary. Is Vickerman the same? Thanks.
I use both Meacham and Vickerman and do not bell any cases, just deburr and chamfer like normal, I use a 1 Vickerman for all my .30 cals. (.300 whisper, 30/30, .30 br., .308,.30/06), this is of course for cast boolits.
I'll be loading for 45-70 & 45-90, thanks.
how do these differ from the die P/W makes ?
ETA: looks like the P/W only goes up to .358
I have both Redding and Vickerman in .45 and .40. I use the Redding. I could seat with a light chamfer but prefer a slight bell.
BP | Bronze Point | IMR | Improved Military Rifle | PTD | Pointed |
BR | Bench Rest | M | Magnum | RN | Round Nose |
BT | Boat Tail | PL | Power-Lokt | SP | Soft Point |
C | Compressed Charge | PR | Primer | SPCL | Soft Point "Core-Lokt" |
HP | Hollow Point | PSPCL | Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" | C.O.L. | Cartridge Overall Length |
PSP | Pointed Soft Point | Spz | Spitzer Point | SBT | Spitzer Boat Tail |
LRN | Lead Round Nose | LWC | Lead Wad Cutter | LSWC | Lead Semi Wad Cutter |
GC | Gas Check |