Lee Pacesetter or Lee Deluxe dies?

[Mac Attack]

I am looking for a set of dies in 30-06 for rounds in my M1 Garand. I see the difference is in the crimping dies -

Pacesetter has a factory crimp die
Deluxe has collet crimping die (which I believe is for bolt actions but am not sure)

Which dies should I purchase? Price is about the same. I just want to make sure I purchase the right set.

[huckberry668]

In your situation the Pacesetter is probably the way to go. For semi-auto rounds you need to full length size the cases. Crimping only works on bullets with cannelure. in fact, don't crimp match bullets, it kills accuracy. crimp die uses a collet to crimp the case mouth w/o putting down ward pressure on the brass.

The Deluxe collet die is a 'neck' sizing die. It is only good for bolt guns where you want to size the fire formed case necks only.

[johnrunner89]

In your situation the Pacesetter is probably the way to go. For semi-auto rounds you need to full length size the cases. Crimping only works on bullets with cannelure. in fact, don't crimp match bullets, it kills accuracy. crimp die uses a collet to crimp the case mouth w/o putting down ward pressure on the brass.

The Deluxe collet die is a 'neck' sizing die. It is only good for bolt guns where you want to size the fire formed case necks only.

+1 I use the pacesetter dies and they work great!