Now THAT is an expensive die!!

[DaveInOroValley]

I was scanning Dillion's dies and was fairly shocked to see that a 50BMG die is 763.00. I know how expensive the round is to buy but jeez that still seems like allot of coin.

Did anyone here gear up with one of those?

[XDRoX]

I was scanning Dillion's dies and was fairly shocked to see that a 50BMG die is 763.00. I know how expensive the round is to buy but jeez that still seems like allot of coin.

Did anyone here gear up with one of those?

Lee makes them for much cheaper. Around $120. The reason is the Dillon is so expensive is it's carbide I think. Really not needed unless you are loading thousands of rounds for commercial sale IMO. The Lee one will work fine for most of our needs.

[G1500]

They sell a whole system, I think it is the BFR, I think it was a thousand bucks.

Daymn!

[Southpaw45]

It seems like anything associated with the big 50 BMG is big bucks. Its definitely a rich mans caliber....

[problemchild]

Lee makes them for much cheaper. Around $120. The reason is the Dillon is so expensive is it's carbide I think. Really not needed unless you are loading thousands of rounds for commercial sale IMO. The Lee one will work fine for most of our needs.

Really? Have you felt the difference in ram pressure for steel vs carbide? Now take that another step to carbide vs titanium nitride. With a tiny caliber like 500 smith it means wearing yourself out vs easy pushing. I can only imagine how hard a steel die would be on a 50bmg. You would probably need a hydraulic press to move the ram.

[Cowboy T]

That's the other reason why you lube the cases.

[GetBulletsandBrass]

Saw that same listing, the die is a carbide die. The carbide is supposed to reduce overall force required to resize the brass and supposed to be less prone to scratching the cases than steel. I wouldn't know, couldn't afford to spend that much even when I was shooting .50's =/

The Lee .50 BMG die worked for me and my buddy when we used to shoot the .50 regularly. The .50 in general is not a cheap caliber to shoot, but is a ton of fun to hit targets at long ranges.