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Wilson inline or Redding/Forrester sleeved seaters

Eric Leonard

I gotta get my own set of PPC dies and have decided from now on to only buy Redding FL-S type full length bushing size dies for all calibers,,and I really like the Forrester Micrometer top internal sleeved type seater die but am looking at the Wilson inline seater for the 6mm PPC,,it shoots really well with the Redding dies I have borrowed but if the Wilson seater will gain me .010 - .015 on a 20 shot agg at 100 I would look into getting one ,,
it will agg in the .185 range in good conditions and best 5 shot group I have shot so far is .104,,should I try the Wilson or get another Forrester Micro Seater die,,they have served me well in BRDX,BR and 6.5x47 but I dont want to leave anything at the reloading bench???
 
Not a clue if you`ll be leaving anything on the table or not, but I use Wilson blanks cut with the chamber reamer for all my seating dies.....

Mr. Green does a fantastic job...

Good luck with your decision,

Phil.


P.S....Don`t tell anyone.
 
I have both the Wilson and Forster seating dies. I can't tell any difference while shooting.

In actual use, the Forster is more convenient. My powder drop sits next to my press and is not affected by seating the bullet. Tapping the Wilson seating die on my bench does affect the powder drop accuracy so, I'm required to put the die on the floor to seat the bullet.
 
nmkid said:
OK. Not trying to be a smart-a** but, why aren't you using an arbor press? I seat my bullets and then just use my thumbnail to extract the loaded case.
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That's the simplicity of the Wilson die. It's not needed. I can almost seat them by hand but, I find using a rubber mallet to tap them in is easier. If the die required an arbor press I wouldn't have purchased it.
 
Ok I will try at answering
IMO the Wilson inline off the shelf will not offer any advantage to the competion Redding or Foster with the internal sleeve. All of them are reamed for the PPC USA cartridge
If you use a Wilson die blank and have it reamed with a chamber reamer to match your chamber then I think you would gain. But you can also ream a custom sleeve to go in the Redding

All that said to say I think the off the shel Wilson and Redding competition are equals
 
and how will you do load work up if you use one press? unscrew the sizer and screw in the seater every time you need to seat a bullet?

2 presses will work wonderfully but they will be a lot of pounds to take to the range.
 
I use a Harrell turret press very light weight it has 4 positions . So no problem with dies and a single press if one wanted to go that way
 
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