6.5 PRC dies ?

[SDHNTR]

I tried every die in the book to resolve clickers, didn’t work. AW reamer was the ONLY solution.

That said, my secret sauce is a Redding Type S with a carbide ball upgrade and an SAC bushing sized .001” smaller than comparable Redding bushing. Then a VLD stem swapped into the Redding micrometer seating die too.

 

[JGRaider]

No matter the cartridge, same ol' boring, accurate ammo for the PRC.......Lee collet die, Redding body die for the rare occasion shoulders need bumping. Easy as it gets.

 

[eltorro]

Anyone tried Lee?

 

[huntsd]

Anyone tried Lee?

I use lee for my 6.5 cm. I am newb reloader. First couple grouping trying different amounts of powered were all under .5 moa (3 shot). That said I am using good brass and bullets

 

[Nine Banger]

I’d go Hornady for 6.5 PRC. Or RCBS.

Fit and finish is worth it over Lee.

Avoid Redding.

 

[SDHNTR]

I’d go Hornady for 6.5 PRC. Or RCBS.

Fit and finish is worth it over Lee.

Avoid Redding.

Avoid Redding? Huh? The gold standard? Do tell!

 

[Nine Banger]

Avoid Redding? Huh? The gold standard? Do tell!

The Redding premium 6.5 PRC fl sizing die has to be cranked down to cam over to the point of denting cases to produce brass that will chamber.

I have a Redding premium die for 450 Marlin as well that oversizes the case opening into a crude “neck” that has to be expanded back out.

Hornady 6.5 PRC fl die has a vent hole and works great. It’s nicer than a Lee die for not much more $.

 

[JGRaider]

Redding neck die (series B), RCBS dies when the need arises to bump shoulders.

 

[SDHNTR]

The Redding premium 6.5 PRC fl sizing die has to be cranked down to cam over to the point of denting cases to produce brass that will chamber.

I have a Redding premium die for 450 Marlin as well that oversizes the case opening into a crude “neck” that has to be expanded back out.

Hornady 6.5 PRC fl die has a vent hole and works great. It’s nicer than a Lee die for not much more $.

A- that is far more likely an issue with the dimensions of your chamber, not the die. I have over a dozen Redding dies and do not have this issue with any of them.

B- this sounds like a set up problem. Don’t turn the die in so far.