Best Basic FL Die set

[Londerko]

[grayfox]

Hornady for the Grendel, is my vote.
I have rcbs for all my others but Hornady for the Grrr. Works great. Simple. Repeatable.
No problems.
Do you have any experience with reloading?

[Mad Charlie]

I'm a Forster Competition kind of guy, have had trouble with Hornady but most others don't seem to have much problem with them.

[Randy99CL]

I really like the Hornady die set; I think their bullet locating sleeve helps guide the bullet into alignment.

And there is still a bullet rebate: buy any set of Hornady dies and get 100 bullets for free. https://media.mwstatic.com/cms/rebat...get-loaded.pdf
You can select these 6.5mm: https://www.midwayusa.com/product/26...int-box-of-100

[Popeye212]

Best buy and will give you the best ammo...Forster you said quality..

https://www.natchezss.com/forster-bench-rest-full-length-die-set-6-5-grendel.html

These won't break the bank but will give match grade ammo. I have them and they work. If you prefer you can send the sizing die in with $12.00 and a fired case and they will hone the die to your rifles chamber.

[Londerko]

[grayfox]

Either set would do you well. Biggest thing on AR reloading is to fully resize the case, not just the neck. Small base dies however are not needed. Good shootin'!

[Popeye212]

I spent more for the Forster than the Hornady but dies last more than a lifetime and the reviews I saw Hornady vs Forster. Forster was the better set. Considering longevity small difference in price.

[Arkhangel5]

Hard to beat the Hornady set. If you require micrometer seating add an additional $20, now you have a good die set with microadjustments for ~$50, hard to beat.

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[Tipsymutt]

Another vote for Forstner. Easy to use and not that expensive. Plus make great ammo. What's not to love?

[Popeye212]

The Forster set will do Micrometer adjustments you just don't have the scale. The seating die allows adjustments. The separate ULTRA MICROMETER SEATING die has the Vernier Scale but the seating die in the set does the same thing. I bought the sizing die and the Ultra Micrometer die separate.

[mdewitt71]

I really like the Hornady die set; I think their bullet locating sleeve helps guide the bullet into alignment.

And there is still a bullet rebate: buy any set of Hornady dies and get 100 bullets for free. https://media.mwstatic.com/cms/rebat...get-loaded.pdf
You can select these 6.5mm: https://www.midwayusa.com/product/26...int-box-of-100

$$ for $$$ best deal around for a good set of dies that will do the work just fine; for sure.
Sure you can spend way more but, it's still does the same job and you get a free box of $30 bullets too.

[Randy99CL]

There is a local shop that is unloading their reloading equipment at 50% off. No supplies left, just odd pieces and parts and quite a few sets of Hornady and RCBS dies. No Grendel, but I already have those.

So I've been buying Hornady dies for every caliber that I am considering buying in the near future. So far 10mm, 9mm, .204 Ruger, .223 and 44Mag.
Before buying all those I emailed Hornady and asked if there were any limits on their bullet rebate and they said "absolutely not", so there is no limit. They even said that I can write one check (or MO) for the shipping and put all the forms in one envelope.
So right now I have 500 bullets coming and I've paid between $15 and $23 for each set of dies. Pretty good deal, I'm thinking of maybe some .357 and .308 dies next.

[Etijsma]

If you went with the hornady dies to get the free bullets, you may be able to get a different bullet if the one on the rebate form won’t work for you. When I bought my dues for my 450 bushmaster I asked if I could go with the 250ftx and they were happy to do it.

[Londerko]

Thank you everyone for he quality responses.
I mite try giving hornady a call and see if they would sub the 123eld for the 129sp