260AI dies

[tactrat]

I have been lurking here for awhile and finally decided to post. There is a wealth of knowledge here and I have learned alot. Thanks for everyone's involvement in making this a very informative and educational site. NOW, to my question. I am having a 260 AI built for long range targer work, maybe some tact comps. I am looking for dies. A buddy has a 260AI and sold me on it after continually kicking me and my .308's ass in the wind at 1k. He got the Redding custom dies, but is not real happy with the FL sizing die. Was looking for other options. My gunsmith friend building the rifle reccommends Neil Jones Custom dies for wildcats. Seems they are a little less expensive than Redding after Redding hits you with the engineering fee on the 260AI. Anyone have any experience with Neil Jones? What others do you recommend?
Thanks

 

[cmillard]

forster is a good maker. i would also highly recommend looking into a set of wilson in-line dies with a good arbor press. it doesn't get any better than that.

 

[tactrat]

No one with any experience using Neil Jones dies?

 

[Rock]

A buddy of mine uses neil jones dies and says they are awesome. He gets great results with them.

 

[Woodman]

I use Neil Jones dies for my 6 Dasher. They are excellent quality if you can provide a case fired from the chamber or one similar. It can take Neil awhile to make them, but I found it worth the wait.

 

[tactrat]

Thanks for the info. My chamber is going to be cut with the same reamer used on a buddies rifle and by the same smith (same equipment etc.). I was thinkining that I should be able to use his brass to order the dies and thus (hopefully) have them the same time the rifle is ready. Unless, somebody knows of a reason why this would not work, ie. high risk of unacceptable variation. What do you think?