Carbide Dies! Money well spent. Lee makes a very nice "C" press. You can always upgrade once you get into reloading. You don't have to buy the "mother load" on the first round. You have other things to spend your money on.
Small Reloading Press Recommend
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joshb
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For a .41 (or pretty much any handgun round) micrometer dies and etc. represent money better spent on powder, bullets, primers and brass. You are limited in most cases to a very narrow seating depth by crimp groove placement. Micrometer dies are way overkill for such a situation. Buy a good turret press (at least 5 holes preferable), set your dies and leave them alone unless you need to change seating depth when changing bullet weights. Buy decent dies from any good maker such as Lee, RCBS, Lyman or Hornady and include a crimping die (Lee makes a very good one) so that you seat and crimp in two separate steps (seating die adjusted to seat the bullet ONLY without crimping - crimp made in the final step - the crimp die). This is more uniform and prevents "shaving" the bullets as can happen when seating and crimping in one step. If using cast bullets, the Lee die can resize cast bullets too small because of its "final" sizing within the die. While this ensures that the finished round will chamber properly and is usually a good thing, it can squeeze the bullet down a bit too and promote leading. Usually not the case unless you are using bullets larger than what is considered standard diameter. Jacketed bullets are not affected by this die.
Believe me, unlike dies for precision rifles, any of the dies listed above will produce cartridges that will shoot better than most shooters...and cost much less than the premium dies.
Believe me, unlike dies for precision rifles, any of the dies listed above will produce cartridges that will shoot better than most shooters...and cost much less than the premium dies.
I'm slowly piecing my handloading landscape while I save the necessary $$$.
I like the Harrell turret press (although I DID buy a barrel press - now I can make wine
). I like Starline brass. Redding has a good selection of dyes for 41 mag. Want to seat primers with a Sinclair tool so I can develop a touch for the process. I agree with a separate die for crimping
I'm sure I'm going overboard on the fine tuning of a final load, but if I didn't overdo something, my wife wouldn't recognize me.
The info in this thread has been a HUGE help. Thanks Gents. I'll be sure to send you a bottle of wine from my barrel press.
I like the Harrell turret press (although I DID buy a barrel press - now I can make wine
). I like Starline brass. Redding has a good selection of dyes for 41 mag. Want to seat primers with a Sinclair tool so I can develop a touch for the process. I agree with a separate die for crimpingI'm sure I'm going overboard on the fine tuning of a final load, but if I didn't overdo something, my wife wouldn't recognize me.
The info in this thread has been a HUGE help. Thanks Gents. I'll be sure to send you a bottle of wine from my barrel press.
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