SAC Seating Die - real world experiences?

Mudflap621 said:

I have a few of these dies at the moment. Fit and finish is excellent. The ability to size your bushing and mandrel is a big positive. I also use them utilizing the expander decapping mandrel which lets me do everything in one pass versus my old honed Forster die and Mandrel.

I would rather buy two of these dies and have them preset versus switching bushings and mandrels every time I wanted to load a different caliber.

They are expensive but anything I’m serious about loading at the moment the SAC does are my go-to.

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Cynical said:

That’s cool, I’ve never seen a seating die with a bushing or mandrel.

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Mudflap621 said:

I’m sure this helped OP immensely!

Do you have or have you used the die and have anything useful to add to the conversation?

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Cynical said:

I’ve posted here before that THE seating die is one of the better products on the market, for the reason that the micrometer head generally is consistent in depth adjustment. A thousandth means a thousandth.

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Cynical said:

Oh he mad. I know your post helped the OP immensely in his quest for knowledge about the seating die.

I have four of these seaters. I’ve posted here before that THE seating die is one of the better products on the market, for the reason that the micrometer head generally is consistent in depth adjustment. A thousandth means a thousandth. I think the seating stems could be better but that would mean the die wouldn’t come with a two sizes fits all solution for a given case size (I.e., two seating stems come with the die, but they could be better if there were more sizes to fit hybrids with the sharp contact to the jacket).

Hope that makes you feel better buddy!

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