What are the preferred dies for reloading .454, 460, & 500 magnum?

[heavyhaulin818]

[Madpyro]

I am using Redding for my 460, seems to work good.

[heavyhaulin818]

I own Redding and RCBS for the 45-70’s but feel like I get better results with the HORNADY just my perception though. Some sets include a roll crimp and others a taper?

[NeilMo]

I started reloading with Hornady CG die sets and have since replaced most sizing and expander dies with RCBS. Even with the titanium coated sizing dies I found that I still needed to lube some cases. My 9mm and 38 Spl dies were so sticky that the sizing rings eventually started to pull from the die bodies. Thought about sending them back to Hornady for replacements but since there's a chance the new ones will do the same it wasn't worth it, and I just bought RCBS. RCBS takes about half the effort to size cases compared to Hornady.

As for Hornady expander dies, they work okay for jacket bullets but not for lead, and I mostly load lead for range practice. I either use a Lee universal expander die with the proper (revolver/auto) NOE expander plug, or an RCBS expander with a custom plug that I make for a specific size bullet.

[bergmen]

Almost all of my reloading tools are RCBS (including for 454). Carbide only for the straight-walled calibers (all of my handgun calibers).

With .45 Colt and 454, I will lightly lube about every 10th case, really makes it a lot easier to resize.

Dan