how many die sets do you own?

[softpoint]

staring at my die shelf this morning, I decided to count 'em and assess the progression of this disease! now I don't have guns for quite all them, and through trades and buying guns used with the dies I have wound up with 2 die sets in a few calibers, ...but what the heck, I'll stop making excuses, I have 68 full length die sets, not counting special forming or seating dies...I'm hoping someone here has this disease worse than me......[smilie=1::mrgreen:

[threett1]

Got me beat. I was rearranging everything the other day and counted right at 40 sets.

[BarryinIN]

I came up with just over half that many- 35- complete sets. I may come up with a few more, but probably not more than five.
Then there are neck sizers, formers, different types of seaters, etc.

[pumpguy]

28........and counting.

[R.C. Hatter]

Countin' duplicates, (3) about 36 sets, but I don't have guns for all of 'em nor will I ever have guns for all of 'em.

[WILCO]

I have 5 sets of dies...........

[Dframe]

Not really sure. somewhere around 35-40

[IHMSA]

I own around 20 sets. No need for calibers I don't shoot. I sell 'em.

[woody1]

Don't know but there's more than I have calibers to load for. Doubt I can beat 68 and not going to count 'em. Let's see, there's the 22 Hornet - 2 sets; 218 Bee - RCBS and 310 dies; 222 Rem. which I've never owned; 223 two sets RCBS and Truline Jr. dies; 22-250 - which I've never owned; 243 Win - RCBS and Truline Jr. two sets; 25 Auto; 25-20 - Lee and Lyman 310 dies; 250 Savage - RCBS and Lyman 310 tool dies; I think there's a set of 257 Rbts. 310 dies, I know there's a steel 310 tool so marked and I've never had a 257 Rbts. either; 270 Win. dies; 280 Rem dies; 7mm Rem. mag - two sets, had one briefly once, never shot it;.....
and.....and...and.......... but guns? No, I don't have no stinkin' guns! Regards, Woody

[dromia]

No idea but I have four shelves full.

[Johnch]

I know I have dies for guns I want
I also have a few sets I kept when I sold a gun .......just in case I bought another

I don't realy want to know
But a quick look .....27 or 28 on 1 shelf
And I know there are probely another dozen stashed in the drawers

Might even be more if I realy looked

John

[DickK]

Total right now is 7. I had 2 Lachmiller and 1 CH set since the mid 60s. Earlier this year, I bought 3 Lee sets. I just bought a Lyman set. I don't use 1 of the Lachmiller sets and will probably sell it. I used to save everything, damn habit that's hard to break. Now, I can't see keeping stuff that I don't use.

[69daytona]

I have 50 guns some of them shoot the same caliber(at least 2 of each so as of now I have 17 sets of dies. lots of 45LC and S&W 500s, .308, 30-06 and 300 ultra mag

[405]

Kinda like molds. A lot of specialty dies also. Somewhere over 50 sets but who's counting? :roll:

[358wcf]

You guys forced me to actually inventory the stock-
I've just counted 57 complete sets of full length dies, with forming dies, trim dies, specialty seating dies, etc in addition to that-
How long do I have to live?
In all reality, many, many of these date back to my varmint shooting days, wildcatting days, and earlier times. If any member has a burning desire to try or own something that I don't often use, just ask- I will share with members of this clan-
Even with the above count, I find I own rifles that I don't yet load or cast for-- Is this a sign I need more reloading equipment?

358wcf

[HeavyMetal]

12 dies sets plus some odds and end dies like expander dies and such.

I don't keep extra's or sets I don't reload for. Seems some one always has a need for a set and I'll trade them off to help someone out if I can.

[Lead Fred]

45 round ball, and 308.

Thats fits everything I own

TWO

Opps, DIES sets, not bullet molds :mrgreen:

30-30, 308, 30-06x2

FOUR

[legend]

i just counted,and,i own 41 sets.the same number as my favorite cal.....41mag

[mike in co]

ALMOST 30 dillon 550 tool heads, aprox 80 die sets.
i do own 4 44mags sets...cause of the way i load for 2 guns, and multiple sets of 308 and 30'06, again becasue of the way i load.


mike in co

[Mtman314]

I have 9 not counting the one double I have. The expander dies I keep in the boxes that I use them for and I also store my trim shell holder and my shell holder in each box along with some deprimed set up brass. I have necking dies on order and also not counting my primer hole swaging set and the primer removing die so I don't have to resize to remove primers.

[softpoint]

Mike in co. has made me feel a little better. I was kinda' afraid that bullet casters prolly had this disease wors'n anybody. Have ya' ever bought a big box of reloading stuff at an estate sale that had some dies in it that you didn't have a gun for ,so you went out and bought a gun in that caliber? Have any of your neighbors thought the wiring was on fire in your house because of the foul smoke drifting out of your back yard that had burnt rubber smell to it (from valve stems)? Have folks had to slam on thier brakes to keep from runnin' over ya' when you were crawling around by the curb on your hands and knees pickin' up wheel weights? Have you ever wandered aimlessly around the mall parking lot staring at the ground until security came and questioned you? Are you afraid you'd get in trouble if you carried pliers? Have you ever thought about casting air rifle pellets?
Such a simple disease with so many complicated symptoms. [smilie=1:

[2muchstuf]

Just 15 full sets, and only 2 that I don't have guns for......yet.
2

[dragonrider]

I have about 15, mostly just the basic calibers, one oddball in 7mm supermag,

[stubshaft]

46 at last count. Includes a bunch of wildcats and metric cartridges that I shoot.

[ktw]

Maybe 18-20 standard 7/8x14 sets.
Around a dozen 310/trueline Jr die sets.
At least a half dozen Lee Loaders.

Covering a total of 14 different cartridges.

-ktw

[1Shirt]

About 30+! Am more interested in getting more molds than I am dies, but can't pass up a good deal either. Never know when you might need what ya don't have.
1Shirt!:coffee:

[Kraschenbirn]

Went downstairs and took inventory...not counting the three Dillon sets for my SDB, I currently have 14 complete sets on-hand and have loaded with all within the last year.

Bill

[kodiak1]

81 on the shelf and waiting for 2 to arrive.
Ken

[alamogunr]

20 including a couple I don't have guns for(.35 Rem & .30-06). Need to order a set for the 6.5x55 Swedish Mauser. Just got brass for that one. Don't have a mold either.
John
W.TN

[joatmon]

About 20 and looking for a deal on a set for K-Hornet that I hope to build!

[softpoint]

Looks like alamogunr NEEDS a .35 Rem and a 30/06....

[Sonoma2k2]

i got 5

[autofix4u]

73 sets and getting less every day. I have decided to get rid of all the sets I have sold the guns that needed them and don't think i'll ever own again. I know that's probaly a big mistake. I got my first set of dies with a single shot break action 375 h&h mag I bought at a farm auction when I was 16. worst $75 I ever spent. I have been spending money on catsting and reloading stuff ever since. is now 17 years later and I still have that rifle, dies & mold. just burned the last of that 15 pound keg of powder last winter. not a bad addiction at all. thanks for letting me go on & on.

[Bigjohn]

At least 56 sets, amongst which there are 3 in 45/70 and quite a few for calibres which I don't have rifles/handguns for.

[SciFiJim]

Wow, you guys are hard core. I received my first reloading setup as a gift this last Christmas. I have two sets of dies 38/357 and 45acp. I already have four molds though, with more on the way![smilie=1:

[nicholst55]

I counted up the calibers that I either do or can load for before I came overseas, and it was 36, IIRC. I do have a few sets of duplicate dies, though, so lets call it 40, give or take. I have dies for cartridges that I have no gun for and never intend to; I picked up several of them from an estate.

I own 3 Lee Enfield rifles and have a set of FL dies for each one, but I plan to sell 2 of the die sets off once I return to the States. I really, really like the Lee collet die for that cartridge, so I'll probably assemble a 'truly deluxe' die set with it, the Redding body die I bought in that flavor, and one of the FL die sets that I have.

[lead-1]

I have 15 sets if you count the one LEE loader.

[JIMinPHX]

I only have one set of dies, but boy, there are a lot of different sizes in that set.:mrgreen:

[captaint]

Geez, I've got nothin for you guys. I own about 25 sets. Which reminds me, I am going to have to get a 41 mag set soon. Thanks for reminding me. Mike

[Calamity Jake]

29 and counten

[Big Boomer]

That I use: 5 (.223, .30-06, .357 Mag., .45 Colt, .45 ACP
That I need but don't have: .243
That I have but do not use: 9mm, .40 S&W/10 MM(Dillon), .41 Mag., .44 Mag., .32 H&RMag ... plus perhaps 1 or 2 others. 'Tuck

[Ed Barrett]

I checked and I have 55 full sets of dies and several cigar boxs with odd stuff. A couple like .416 Rem and .458 Win I don't own rifles for, I made up loads for friends.

[STP22]

....gotta be 50 or so.

[shooterg]

27 and looking...

[curiousgeorge]

Mike in CO - hi there blood brother. Over 20 550 tool heads, approx 60 die sets, enough powder measures, tricklers, single stage, turret, full progressive, and H-style presses for me and at least 5 other people ( NONE FOR SALE OR TRADE ).

Remember Venturino's column on "Handloader Looney" in Handloader several years ago? Nailed me and I'm sure a bunch of others from this forum!

I keep telling my wife that somebody has to keep the reloading companies in business. She just feels like I shouldn't try to do it by myself. Oh well.

[DLCTEX]

37 sets + 7 Lee Loaders.+ 4 -12 ga. reloaders and 2-20 ga.+ Lee loader for 410.

[longhorn47]

96 sets but some not complete and I want mooooor

[wallenba]

Gee... I feel like a punk, only 18.

[autofix4u]

+ Lee loader for 410.
I have been looking for one of those for about 8 years. know were I could find one?.........

[softpoint]

Now, maybe some more of those reloading tool makers would be willing to sponsor this site a little, ya'd think. A LOT of their stuff is being bought by folks right here!:-D

[Jbar4Ranch]

I just counted 67 complete sets, from .25 acp to .50 BMG.

[armyrat1970]

I own seven if you count my two Lee Loaders. Eight if you count one 8x57 set I buggered up a little. This is not counting my Bullet Lube and Sizing sets of which I have four.

[testhop]

over 20 some doubles some thay i dont have guns for .

[bullshot]

Had to go look. 65 die sets and 20 expanding, crimping and neck dies.

[BOOM BOOM]

HI,
I gosh I need to get more as I have only 5 sets of dies.

[DLCTEX]

I have been looking for one of those for about 8 years. know were I could find one?.........

I got mine from a fellow member here. I don't understand why Lee discontinued them, or why they ignore 257 Wby. it has to be more popular than some of the others they do. You could check with Buckshot and see what it would cost to make one. I need to get him to cut down a 300 Wby. trim guage and pick up some of his nose punches.

[largom]

73 but don't tell my wife. Have given away a dozen or so to new handloaders.
Larry

[tommag]

I am a lightwieght. I only have 17 different sets. I know of a guy about an hour south of me who, if he responds to this post, might finish counting in a couple of weeks. (John, are you still counting?):bigsmyl2:

[armyrat1970]

Had to go look. 65 die sets and 20 expanding, crimping and neck dies.

Well if you want to add expanding sets I'll add another two.

[RayinNH]

I just counted. I have twelve loading die sets. I did not count expanding, sizing and that sort of thing. Sounds like some of you have three or four per caliber :shock:...Ray

[autofix4u]

well I do have some double sets. and also some almost unheard of sets like 5.6x54r (7.62x54r necked to .22) and also one set I had made in .25x25 (7.62x25 necked to .257). I am just odd. or so that's what everyone tells me.

[EOD3]

Not quite enough, I'm still looking for 6.5x55 and 8MM Mauser!! Another gun show coming in August... 8-)

[SCIBUL]

Hmmmm, I went to see... There are 17 (only) [smilie=f:

[mike in co]

i lied.
i was cleaning in the gun room and found several more sets not in boxes.....( at least 6 more)

mike in co

[hugh]

ive got 5. working on getting 44-40. for 6.