I am considering doing one of two things for my pistol reloads to separate the seat and crimp stages. Currently, I use the third die of your typical RCBS 3-die set to do both in one stage and I hate it. The two calibers in question are 9mm with 115gr RN plated bullets and 45ACP with both JHP and RN bullets.
Scenario 1: purchase a Lee FCD and use the third die to perform seating and the Lee to crimp
Scenario 2: purchase a Redding competition seater die, and use the third die to crimp
Do you see any advantage to one over the other? Clearly there is a price advantage (Lee FCDs are $21 as opposed to $70 for the Redding), but I feel the Redding may seat the bullets more accurately and provide better repeatability when setting up.
Scenario 1: purchase a Lee FCD and use the third die to perform seating and the Lee to crimp
Scenario 2: purchase a Redding competition seater die, and use the third die to crimp
Do you see any advantage to one over the other? Clearly there is a price advantage (Lee FCDs are $21 as opposed to $70 for the Redding), but I feel the Redding may seat the bullets more accurately and provide better repeatability when setting up.