I have been using Lee dies since I began to handload. It`s not like I was told to buy them because I learned everything by myself and Lee was the first brand I picked up.Through the years I`ve learned to appreciate their quality and good ideas like their powder-through-expander die that allows me to drop my charge in the shell after expansion rather then another step.When I began to handload for the 454 and I experienced bullet jump on my first 5 rounds, it was their factory crimp that made an exact copy of the crimp that was on the FA`s factory ammo and never again did I have a reloaded bullet jump its case.I`am sure that if I had purchased another quality brand of dies instead of Lee I would be writting the same thing about them but Lee is what I bought and Lee is what I`ve stuck with. Just my thoughts....thanks for listening.

They are a #1 Choice for me but the dies have been hard to come by here of late.

The lady a Lee told me they had a record year in 08 and that they had sold more equipment in the first 3 months of 09 than all of 08

I wonder what caused the HUGE Spike in Sales??????? I wonder

That's all the dies I own are Lee dies. They are inexpensive and their quality is second to none.

the man that started me in reloading used lee and that is what
i got when purchased my press and dies i still have some lee
but most of my dies now are rcbs why i dont really know.
the lees worked just as well.
larry

I have a good many Lee dies and have had good luck with them. I really like the Auto Prime 2 from Lee. The press does not wear your thumb out and you can feel the primer "bottom" out with a very easy touch on the press handle.

x2 on that dale i use it all the time
larry

i've used 3 er 4 sets of lee dies and they do work. 10 times out of 10, i'd choose redding first and rcbs a close second.
i do not like the lee seater die that well, nor the "o ring" locking nut.

I agree, Lee makes great products. The majority of the reloading tools I own are from Lee. I really like their hand press. I use it for most of my reloading now.

All I use are redding dies. I once bought a cheap set of lee dies (I can't remember why at the moment) and couldn't believe how horrible they were. Like everything else I buy these days, they must have just been defective from the factory.

Tigg, The auto prime is a really good tool for seating those primers....

have more lee dies then any other brand really like them, have been using lee dies for 17 years never have had any problems.

I have used many LEE-die sets over 20 years. I have some RCBS-sets too. No difference between using them.
I like LEE De Luxe-sets, because there are Collect neck sitzer dies too.
I hope, you can to understand my language.

K.W.

I just got into reloading and bought a set of carbite lee dies for the 44mag. I really like the fact that you don't have to lube the cases before sizing. I have reloaded about 100 rounds and shot about half of them and they seem to shoot better than factory loads.