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Out of curiosity I purchased a set of LE Wilson neck dies in .308. The idea is to re load for my Steyr SSG P1 and see if they make a difference. The Steyr is the most exotic rifle I own. Most of my rifles are Milsurps. All though I am toying with the idea of having a cull and buying some modern stuff.
Any way they arrived to day. First impressions out of the box there is not a lot to them.
I decided to try them out on some Lapau brass that has had a couple of firings in the SSG they have not been cleaned or messed with. They were trimmed to length when new the primer pockets were also reamed and the primer pocket de burred before use.
Right so I fitted the bushing as instructed set up the base and popped a case in to the die. The case resized very easily I turned the die over and popped the primer out easy peasy. I checked the case and you can see the top 1/6" of the case mouth is necked down. I then seated some bullets and pushed the bullet point into the reloading bench to check bullet retention. No problems there.
So first impressions I can see why people like these dies. They are easy to use and do what it says on the packet. Will they make a difference to my shooting. Not sure about that. If you have a bench rest or F class gun or may be a wildcat cartridge may be. I suppose they are patented they look easy enough to make honing the surfaces and achieving the tight tolerances is what would take the work I suppose and getting the dimensions right of course.

Will I buy any more probably not. But you never know.

I have used the Wilson bushing neck sizing die and concur, they are easy to use and simply pop in the bushing of your choice and off you go.
I used them on a 6ppc custom rifle and also on a Sako 75 in the same calibre. For the Sako whenever it got tight to put them into the neck sizer, I just ran the brass through a small base sizing die every now and then.
I still use an arbor press and the Wilson bullet seating die for my 284 Shehane and prefer it to a screw in bullet seater. Worth every penny and still going strong after many years service.

Its all i use nowdays for all calibres and stock quite qa few

I bought another one I like them. They are a bit expensive though. But what the hell you only live once.