Lee Precision 223 Remington Ultimate Rifle Die Set

Packaging was good, enclosed product was scattered out within the shipped package and punctured the trail size case lube package and squeezed most of it out. Nothing appears broken ot dent and yet fully inspected each item. Apart from that, looking forward to using them and possibly purchasing more of different calibers. Four star to bring awareness.

These .223 Remington dies are incredible. You get a full length resizing die and a neck resizing die. This means you can reload for one specific gun, and for all your guns. If you have a bolt action gun and semi-automatic guns, you can press bullets for both. Neck resizing for your bolt action and full length resizing for your other .223 Remingtons. The factory crimp die is a great feature as well. Lets you get as lite or as heavy, a crimp as you want on cantilure bullets.

Die set arrived promptly, but the box had no packing material and the contents were scattered in the box. Nothing was in the die container anymore. To my dismay, one of the sizing and recapping dies was damaged. Presumably in the shipping process. Had there been some packing material in the shipping box it may have prevented the contents from shifting so violently that the dies were jarred loose and hit each other. I cannot immediately see any other damage. I don’t need these dies right away, but would like to use dies that are in proper working order when I do. This particular die is not usable without replacing the recapping pin which will be another order and time. Not particularly pleased.UPDATE: I was able to bend the decapping pin back to true without too much issue. I was initially reluctant to do so for fear of breaking it off, but I couldn’t have made it worse. Updating my rating to 5 stars.

I have a lot of Lee dies and they work just fine and at a good cost.

I haven't gone shooting in over 10 years and haven't loaded anything since then. I started up again a couple months ago, and now I'm tuning ammo again. I recently built an 300 AAC rifle, so I needed loading dies. I also ordered the Lee dies. Over 10 years, I've misplaced my Dillon 223 dies so I had to order a new set. I've been spending a lot of money on parts the last few months, the dies had to go on a budget. The short story is... after receiving the Lee's 300 AAC dies, I should have known better to invest in more Lee's equipment. There's that darn "B" word... budget.So, I haven't had a chance to review the 300 AAC dies yet, but I'm starting with the 223 dies, since I just received them and everything is fresh.The first impression that I got was like many other people have stated, the case is not very good (both on the 300 as well as the 223). They are not even ABS plastic. They are very cheap and brittle plastic. Opening the case, I was happy to see 4 dies, especially for a low price, but alas, like others have also mentioned, they are pretty useless and you can only functionally use 2 out of 4 dies, so these end up not being the value that one would expect.The third thing on the list is weight. This was first on my mind, mechanically since I recently ordered the 300 set, and these are extremely light weight as compared to my other equipment (Dillon, RCBS, and Lyman). My only guess is that quality has gone WAY down in the 10 years of being MIA from the sport. I also started making my own dies ever since I fixed my old lathe. It's just difficult making case-reamers, but even the dies I've made so far are much heavier than the Lee dies, so they are using really cheap materials for their dies.Also, there are many aluminum parts on these die sets. I was already disappointed with my 300 set when I realized some parts are aluminum. You would NEVER see aluminum parts with Dillon or RCBS. As seen in the photo of the cap, it's aluminum, and there are chips still attached! By the way, the locking nuts are also aluminum and should not be tightened to any amount of torque or you'll be searching for replacements. Luckily I have a few extra steel Dillon nuts that I've replaced them with. The O-ring on the nuts also don't allow proper settings and lock on Dillon presses, mine at least (XL650)The second photo shows two of the dies swimming in cutting oil, turning chips, and bits and pieces of the o-rings. This is extremely sloppy, not to mention the dies were flopping around in the case. At least add a foam pad to make an attempt to keep the dies against the case.Ok, upon use, again, as another reviewer mentioned, the decap pin got stuck on the first case and pulled out of the die, costing me about 20 minutes of my time to retrieve the pin. This same thing happened with the 300 set.The sizing die accepts the entire 223 case. The die threads ALMOST all the way down to the die plate. At that point, the aluminum nuts with the o-rings can't engage the threads on the die. Luckily, switching to the Dillon nuts, it's still actually able to engage a few threads. Way to cheap out on a little steel, or whatever these does are made of.I haven't successfully loaded any 223 with these dies yet, since there isn't a crimping die and I'll have to chase one down or make my own. Again, good job.Besides not having the time and can't be bothered with returning these two sets of dies, I'm surprised they haven't gone back into the box yet.All in all, I can't recommend Lee dies to anyone. Honestly, I can make dies of higher quality in my own shop than these. I would just need to get case reamers and I'd never have to buy dies again. That should tell you how bad these dies are. I should have known better. Anyone considering Lee dies, trust me. I own dies from other manufacturers (45ACP, 9mm, 400 Corbon, 223 (lost): Dillon; 300 WinMag RCBS; 5.7x28 Lyman) and they are ALL excellent quality. Do yourself a favor and spend a little more money on either of the brands I've mentioned.I still gave this die set 2-stars because... they do work to whatever degree and I didn't have to make them myself. Most people won't be able to make their own dies so this reflects the 2-stars. If everyone could make these, I would rate these dies 1-star.

I have Lee and RCBS dies and the Lee's are much better than the RCBS in my opinion for 3 reasons.1. They lock just as well as RCBS but you don't have to shoot a set screw into your threads on the die. The lees actually probably lock better.2. They are cheaper. this kit is everything you need, with RCBS you get a sizing die and seating die... that's it... no shell holder. You have to go pay $13 for your shell holder and another $38 for your neck sizer and another $35 for a crimp die, if you can find one, so now you are well over $100. This set has neck AND full length sizing as well as seating, factory crimp AND... wait for it... YOUR FREAKIN SHELL HOLDER! you also get a useless dipper but you do get some excellent load data, instructions and all the specs like OACL right there on your instructions.3. THEY ARE PLAIN OLD EASIER TO USE. Face it you are going to get a case stuck, regardless of how long you have been doing this it's inevitable. With RCBS you need to purchase a removal kit on top of all the other money you dropped, with Lee you loosen the collet and whack it with a 3/16 punch until it drops out the bottom. not to mention the dozen other things that make it easier.Don't get me wrong I LOVE certain RCBS stuff. You can't beat a Chargemaster setup, fact. If anyone wants a Lyman scale I know of three we nearly will pay you to take. Their RCBS Auto Priming Tool is worth every damn penny, seriously, get one. RCBS presses are quality. Their customer service is epic, I lost a priming ram for the APT, let them know and they mailed out 2 new ones free of charge.And I'm not really a huge Lee lover either. I wouldn't buy one of their presses and their customer service was OK but not great. I will be buying all Lee dies from now on and I own a couple Lee Loader kits which are great for working up loads at the range and for things like my Deer rifle that I don't shoot but 10 times a year if I'm lucky.

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These dies are perfect. They work wonderful with my reloading equipment. Bullets are getting harder and harder to get. Better off reloading yourself. Saves $$ too in the long run.

good price 4 dia will help make better ammo

No idea what this is or used for, but the husband seemed happy with it!

very good set of dies

Works good and gets the job done, I broke the decapping part of the die after doing 400 rounds, but was able to make 1 at work. The carbide dies are way better, non of this lubricant for the cases. Still a good value and I don't regret buying it

Good product works as described if u have a .223 an want high quality ammo for a tight groups or small saving then your looking at the right product an should consider reloading your own