Part 2 Reloading Dies Compared - Hornady Dies 

Lol, Russian cosmolene collusion, got me good. So glad I found this channel when I got into reloading. So much valuable info and not to mention the entertainment value!

Thorsaxe is correct mineral oil is the Navy was and it works. Dave has wisdom for sure. Great video Fortunecooke

I love the Hornady dies and I've found that little collet on the bullet seating die showed a more concentric seating compared to Redding and Lee. The 45 Colt expander die will work with 454 and 460 if used in a normal press like my RCII and I like the shallow expander because once the bullet enters the case and pushes past the expanded portion the bullet expands the case perfectly, it increases the bullet grip and leaves a shelf to prevent possible bullet set back. Most times I just crimp enough to take the bell out of the mouth of the case. Works great.

FC, you omitted a superior application for the cosmoline....hair gel! Just ask The AK Guy himself. 👍🤣

Very much appreciate this series. Only have experience with a number of Lee dies and a few Redding so this tour, for me, is very worthwhile. Thanks.

I always dismantle and clean new dies with Hornady One Shot parts cleaner before use. It's easy and leaves a protective coating.

I wasn’t aware hornady brass being shorter. Thanks

You’re the best, love the sound of the snick when I load my six shooters

Very Good information on the dies. No bias

Love the videos keep them up

The love the idea of this, and I eagerly await the rest.

Not entirely related to this video, but I want to thank you for your years of knowledge and uploads. I finally bought a Lee Hand press and loaded up some .38 specials: 158Gr Berry's Bullets Plated RN on 3.2gr of HP-38 (I went on the low end because I didn't want to blow up the Model 10-6 I was borrowing from my father for testing!). Some of them have an ever slight bulge, but did shoot. Very light and soft load, perfect for moving my sister and mother up from .22lr. I'm the first in my family to try this reloading thing so having a knowledgeable resource who could speak on my level was helpful!

Great vid!!

I always enjoy hearing what you have to say old friend.

I love your channel and Elvis Ammo channel

I never once in my life cleaned my dies before use, never had a problem, and all my dies look as good as the day I bought them. I only use Lyman and Redding dies, not because of any other fact than I started with Lyman and Redding, and have achieved great results.

I love your humor! I also have to agree on the useless nature of the long decapping pin. Great video!

I have come to love the Lee Universal neck expander die. I had to buy it to seat speer 223 soft points since they are almost flat base and would cause case crushing when seating. With the dies internal expanders easily removed, flipped used stacked or single depending on caliber its as close to perfect a die as you can get and only about $15.

Cookie, that was a great evaluation of the Hornady pistol dies, I'm hoping our quality-minded people at Hornady watch the video, not that you are pointing out what is wrong with the dies, however, how they can be improved and elevate them to better value. Btw, you know that I'm a Smith guy, you torture me with that beautiful bloodline Target Mod-25, those are such a joy to shoot. It's not about being a super-duper planet destroyer, it is all about style, graceful handling, and shoot-ability, your hold over the (Right-sized) sights, defined and crisp to catch your eye. the trigger is smooth with a No creep at all break, they are the finest pistols to possess, and for what you get, the price isn't too much out of today's wadge earner to have such quality. -Dave

The only issues I can think of is oil in the Lee powder through die and sticking powder throwing off your charges. Or the crimping die with brass shavings building up. Also you can have oil dents on brass when resizing.

"Dad caught his arm on the decapping stem again". Snicker, snicker. Lol IMO the Hornady seater for bottle-necked rounds is the best in the business for the money. Non-cartridge-specific and inline seating. But for straight-wall cases where you bell the mouth, they may not be applicable. Maybe you don't need to bell the mouth when seating jacketed bullets in this type of die. I might try that. Looking forward to part 3.

Good video

I went to Hornady in the 9mm and like them

i am currently reloading 45-70 using the lee hand press. After using the sizing die, if i try to seat hard cast 405 gr lead with gas check attached, the case mouth will not accept. It will bend. I have no problem seating berry's 350 gr bullets in the hand press. I have no problem seating the 405 hard cast using the classic mallot method. Advice welcome.

Can not beat 45 colt for fun! 😁

Another question: will the factory crimp die work with a lee hand press? As of now i use a roll crimp with the classic (mallot) method.

Is it possible that the Hornady sleeve on the seating did be bored out so the whole case can enter it just like the Forster seating die ?

The hornady sleeve seems to be more complex than it needs to be for seating a bullet. With the bottle neck case I have seem people crushing the case a bit

I have caught my arm on that stem , not sure why it has to be so long. Also I've found that if I put to much bell on the mouth of the case it hard to get the case into the sleeve to seat the bullet. I was wondering if you were in that area of almost to much bell.

I have mostly used Lee, Redding and Lyman dies and some LE Wilson rifle dies. Hornady never appealed to me because of that silly stem poking out. Kinda silly but they dominate so much of the industry, I think they will be ok. I use the mineral oil to preserve my dies too. I think it was Fortune cookie whoi showed that years ago.

Dou you feel that RCBS dies are more rust resistant ?

I have a dillon xl650 wondering the best dies for it. They are out of stock in 45 lc. The Hornady are 1/2 the price of the Dillons. I would not even need that expander die just the carbide and the crimp/seating dies. Since the dillon does the case flare and powder drop in one step what non dillon dies do you think are best for .45 colt?

I lol at the cosmoline conspiracy-!

Great

I think Larry Gatlin explained this best back years ago “all that glitters is not gold”. 🤔

What press is that?

Another great by the video by the great man on the popular reloading dies we shooters and reloaders use to roll our own ammunition . FortuneCookie45LC in your next video can you zoom in so we can better see the mouth flares and the crimping on the cases ?

Yeah I've never cleaned any of my dies, redding, rcbs and lee

Good stuff. Looking forward Redding review

Mineral oil. That'll save some bucks. Ive been using Break Free CLP for couple of decades. Mineral oil is a lot less expensive. I live in a humid state. It just don't take long for surface rust to pop up.

Got a question for you cooky I've got the 223 lee reloading set with the drum through die can I use that through die for win 308 can't get any solid answers from midway or lee

So im using trailboss right now because i like how much it fills the case, (i cant get herco locally). I load for everything from a model 25 to a uberti top break. Is there another powder that has a little more power that fills the case well?

FortuneCookie45LC Did you see the link I sent you of the Australian made Simplex dies in you previous video?

Can a person get the same accuracy with hard cast lead as you can with a jacketed bullet ? This is my receipe for my 45-70. 350 gr interlok 45gr 4198 IMR 1950 fps This receipe shoots nice but when I switch to hardcast lead Its no good . I even reduced my load down to 1600 fps still does not work . Could it be bad casting?

@2:10,the real Russian collusion story. hahah Great video, honest review. I Like to see that. Thank you.

I see your preference for rimmed cartridges, have you ever done a peice on auto cartidges? 9x19, .40sw, .45auto...I would, for sure like to hear any insight you may have into loading cast bullets for auto rounds.

WAY OFF TOPIC Has anyone tried the Russian slugs in a black powder muzzle loading shotgun????? I would love to know how it worked out.

cosmoline = Soviet KY Jelly

Dam Ruskys

I have to send in my Lyman All-American so all bases are truly covered

Dillon???

More accessories only means more money

I've always wanted to add either the Forster or Redding seating die to my 550B. Is there any differences between the 2 except for cost?

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Scratched my arm up every-time i used that die reaching for stuff.🤬😡

When a Democrat enters the comments Demo-"Why would you reload your bullets? To kill peopel?!" Me-"no, to defend myself from you idiot's"