Lyman and Forster dies.... Any good?

[double gun]

How do they compare to the more common rcbs, redding, hornady, and lee dies?
I have never used either but came across a couple sets I need and these were the brands offered at very reasonable cost.

Thanks

 

[silverfoxdj]

I use Lee for most tasks and a Forster Micro set for rifle high accuracy ..happy with both

 

[nevanevan]

My experience so far with Forster is that they are nothing but excellent. Equally as good or better than Redding with no questions asked customer support (like Hornady). The ultra mic bullet seaters are a dream to use as and set up.

I broke the expensive little carbide cutter on the forster case neck turner I bought, and they replaced it without blaming me for the failure. It was to my door in Edmonton within a week. Very impressive for a company from the states

I have a Lyman decapping die and universal pistol neck expander and they are certainly solid build dies. I really like the knurling and they generally add a couple extra seaters for various bullet types. If I hadn't already bought Hornady and RCBS pistol dies, LYMAN would have been a serious consideration. For rifle I now exclusively use a redding body die, LEE Collet neck sizer, and Forster Ultra Bullet seaters as these produce the least runout I have ever had (used Hornady for rifle before)

Evan

 

[kamlooky]

Have no fear.
Even Bonanza dies are easy to use.
My buddy has a set in 308Norm Mag and they are effortless on
the press handle.