I got to thinking yesterday when I went thru my reloading dies that I use with my turret press. Do I need to use RCBS shell holders with RCBS dies to optimize results? Can I use say Lyman or Lee and obtain the same results? I started making a list of the needed shell holders and found something somewhat amusing. Lee for example lists their #11 shell holder for the 44 magnum as well as the 45LC. Now, I don't happen to own a #11 Lee shell holder but it has me wondering just how the #11 would work considering the differences in the two cartridges. Sorry Lee, I'll continue to use my #20 RCBS shell holder that actually fits the cartridge than try to use a miss matched shell holder.
Shell holder height... how many have machined the height down a tad in order to properly size a given cartridge?