Poll (sor of): Lyman or RCBS dies?

VinnyQC

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Can't seem to be able to make polls anymore, but anyway, who here prefers lyman dies and who prefers RCBS? Lyman are 60$ and RCBS 52$, so roughly the same price. Lyman seem more "beefy" but that's just from looking at the picture. Calibre is 7x57 mauser.
 
The rifle is a mauser cavalry carbine from 1894, there ain't gonna be anything that precise or accurate coming out of that rifle no matter what.

Do the rcbs seaters also crimp? Lee rifle dies set has a separate crimper because the seater doesn't crimp, and Lyman specifically says the seater also crimps, but rcbs doesn't say anything.
 
I have dies from all manufacturers and I don't shoot well enough to tell the difference.

The rifle is a mauser cavalry carbine from 1894, there ain't gonna be anything that precise or accurate coming out of that rifle no matter what.

Do the rcbs seaters also crimp? Lee rifle dies set has a separate crimper because the seater doesn't crimp, and Lyman specifically says the seater also crimps, but rcbs doesn't say anything.

I'm pretty sure all my seating dies (Lee included) can provide a taper crimp.

From the Lee PDF for die instructions:
Screw the bullet seating die in until you feel it
touch the case mouth. If no crimp is desired,
back the die out 1/2 turn. If a crimp is desired,
turn the die in 1/4 turn. The bullet must have a
crimping groove or it cannot be crimped. Case
must be trimmed to same length to provide a
uniform crimp.
Bullet depth is adjusted by screwing the
adjusting screw in or out to suit. Bullets
should be seated deep enough to work
through the gun’s action. See Maximum
Overall Length on reverse.

Taken from: http://leeprecision.com/cgi-data/instruct/RM3508.pdf

The Lee FCD doesn't need the groove to make a very strong crimp.
 
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