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Just a couple of questions from a novice reloader. I was at Bi-mart today looking at 223 RCBS die sets and there were two different kinds. One was called "small base" amd the other said "FL." I would assume that FL is full length? Anyways, what is the difference between the two, besides the $3 in cost? Is one preferable to the other?
My other question is about my 30-06 dies. They are an older set of Pacific dies, which I believe is now a part of Hornady. The seater stem is hard to see inside to see which type of bullet it seats, and there is only a marking on the stem of "61." With my pistol die sets, there were more than one type of seater stem included with the set for different bullet types. Is that the same with rifle bullets? Can I use the same stem to seat hollow points, spitzer, and round nose?
Thanks!!
My other question is about my 30-06 dies. They are an older set of Pacific dies, which I believe is now a part of Hornady. The seater stem is hard to see inside to see which type of bullet it seats, and there is only a marking on the stem of "61." With my pistol die sets, there were more than one type of seater stem included with the set for different bullet types. Is that the same with rifle bullets? Can I use the same stem to seat hollow points, spitzer, and round nose?
Thanks!!