Need help locating 30-BR die

[Mike Casselton]

I'm looking for a 30-BR 7/8×14 seater die.
Needs to be a sleeve type like the Redding, Forster or Whidden.

Does anybody know who might have them in stock?

Thanks,
Mike

 

[jackieschmidt]

I just got a Redding 3-Die Competition Set for my Son from Bruno’s.

I am not sure if he sells just the Competition Seater.

 

[Mike Casselton]

Thanks Jackie, I'll check with them on Monday.

 

[AlNyhus]

Graf And Sons: Redding #55524 Competition Seating Die

 

[Mike Casselton]

Thanks Al.

Holy crapola!! They sure are proud of that thing.

 

[SBS]

Thanks Al.

Holy crapola!! They sure are proud of that thing.

At $212.99 and in stock, it's better than Midway who wants $269.95 with a month backorder. The cost is primarily due to Redding pricing. They charge more for all their dies and considerably more for the less popular ones. Grafs is pretty reasonable on most items compared to other online sellers.

 

[Mike Casselton]

If you have the 30br reamer, get an 308 win seater and re ream the sleeve and trim a 1/2" off the bottom.
The 308 is $150

I have a couple of spare Forster 308 seating dies.
Thought about contacting them to see if they would ream out a 6-BR sleeve.

In the meantime, I ordered the Frankford multi seater to try out. The info from this site says it's pretty good. I'll find out and go from there.

 

[AlNyhus]

The Redding Comp seaters are very nice. But for what you're going to spend for the Redding seater, you can get a new Wilson inline seating die and a nice arbor press. Then you'll be set for the future and easy loading at the range.

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BE1001 Mini Arbor Press | eBay

This BE1001 Bald Eagle Mini Arbor Press was designed specifically for reloaders and match shooters who use Wilson-type dies to seat bullets. Stroke: 2". The large hand knob locks head in place firmly, yet makes it easy to adjust head up and down.

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FWIW....-Al

 

[Bill Norris]

In the meantime, I ordered the Frankford multi seater to try out. The info from this site says it's pretty good. I'll find out and go from there.

The F A seater die works well for me. I did have to open up and polish the seater stem openings a bit to facilitate the seating of some bullets. Otherwise it was producing a ring around the bullet jacket that some say will enlarge the groups and some VLD profile bullets are long enough that the points bottom out inside the stem and causes random seat depths. Once this is done the die works flawlessly with any caliber I have used it with.

 

[Mike Casselton]

The Redding Comp seaters are very nice. But for what you're going to spend for the Redding seater, you can get a new Wilson inline seating die and a nice arbor press. Then you'll be set for the future and easy loading at the range.

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BE1001 Mini Arbor Press | eBay

This BE1001 Bald Eagle Mini Arbor Press was designed specifically for reloaders and match shooters who use Wilson-type dies to seat bullets. Stroke: 2". The large hand knob locks head in place firmly, yet makes it easy to adjust head up and down.

www.ebay.com

FWIW....-Al

I've already got a K&M arbor press that I bought back around 2k.
Wanted to stay with 7/8×14 seater because I won't be loading at the range.
I'll be loading supersonic stuff, 110-125gr, and subsonic stuff from 215-240gr.
This barrel isn't for shooting score, it's an 8tw built as a range toy and a hunting barrel.

 

[Mike Casselton]

The F A seater die works well for me. I did have to open up and polish the seater stem openings a bit to facilitate the seating of some bullets. Otherwise it was producing a ring around the bullet jacket that some say will enlarge the groups and some VLD profile bullets are long enough that the points bottom out inside the stem and causes random seat depths. Once this is done the die works flawlessly with any caliber I have used it with.

Thanks for the seat stem info.
Sounds like I'll need to probably put it in the lathe and clean it up.