RCBS or Redding?

[Andydorset]

Which do you prefer for reliability and quality of construction ?.

 

[jcampbellsmith]

Neither - Reloading Dies - Whidden Gunworks

Regards

JCS

 

[Scotty99]

I’ve got RCBS but looking back I wish I had gone for Redding. Nothing particularly wrong with RCBS, they are good quality, but having bought a set of Redding dies they are a step up in build quality. Also Norman Clark at Rugby, one of the best gun smiths and reloading shops in the Midlands only stocks Redding reloading gear. Learn from my mistake go Redding.

 

[Neddle]

Forster are great, others maybe better but some of them youd need to remortgage your house to finance

 

[bullet chucker]

RCBS come in GREEN' box's !


BC

 

[TURNBOLT]

Forster or Redding.

 

[long_range_rob]

RCBS for press, scales, etc…
Redding for dies.

 

[enfieldspares]

Which do you prefer for reliability and quality of construction ?.

Forty years ago I'd have said RCBS. In 2026 I'd say Redding.

 

[Cyres]

Doesn't really matter. I use Lee for. 204. Redding for .223 and RCBS for .243. I use a universal decapper then FL size. Check case dimensions with case gauge.
Only issues I came across is that some seating dies do not work optiminally with long plastic tipped bullets.
D

 

[NorHunt]

I started with reloading last year.
I bought RCBS and I'm satisfied.
My friend who pushed me into it have Redding.
We get the same results at the shooting range.
But it doesn't matter which brand you buy, because there are many other variables that will decide your results more...

 

[palo]

I'd pick redding over rcbs.
I prefer forster for sizing and redding competition dies for bullet seating

 

[Andydorset]

Thank you for all the opinions.

 

[jb1]

You can spend £500 + on dies and your head will tell you you've bought the best.
You also have a bigger willy to wave on the range.

Or you can buy RCBS, Redding, Forster or any other make and still be able to hit the V's in the range.

 

[Bowland blades]

rcbs For the press "THE ROCK CHUCKER " very well made had mine 30 plus years perhaps ? Dies are various makers , Used it through my competitive days and its still in weekly use

 

[MTheaded but happy]

I don't really have a favourite brand , I like the Hornady sizers and the interchangeable seater stems in the seating dies . My favourite seater is the RCBS match . Quality wise , Forster .
If it were RCBS or Redding, I'd probably go with RCBS . Certainly for the press and scales .

I never really got brand snobbery .

 

[Stalker-of-the-deer]

Playee either allsorts.

Forster coax and firster micrometer dies.

Have a set of redding s dies fir the 300wm and they are good but nowhere near the quality if the forster

 

[bramble basher]

Forster 6.5x284 Redding 22-250 do use a Whidden gun works seater for the 6.5 fantastic quality nothing wrong with rcbs but as others have said they just don’t feel the same quality
Bb