Kyle M.
04-15-2021, 12:55 AM
Last night I was browsing the Internet and ended up on CH4D’s website. About ten years ago an older fellow who frequents the LGS gave me one of there 444H presses and a couple of sets of dies. I’ve always wanted to get more of their dies.
So there I am on their website which says they are swamped, who’d have thought? The site says to allow 3-5 days for emails responses and 2-3 weeks for orders to process. So just for the heck of it I sent them an email about getting a set of their .45-70 dies and a shell holder. I woke up this morning to find they had called while I was still asleep!
I returned the call and was informed that both the die set and shell holder were in stock, they even ask what diameter bullet I’d be using to get the expander correct. I informed them they I’m only about 45 minutes from their location and ask if I could stop in to pick them up. They said that was fine. Talk about service!
It’s an interesting place if you ever get the chance to visit. It sits right off the right hand side of state route 13 south in Mount Vernon Ohio. Just a plain tan two story building built on a hillside with no sign. Though apparently someone has an affinity for vintage Jaguars as there are quite a few in various states of decay sitting out front. While I was waiting for my change one of the employees named Dennis showed me there stock room which was very impressive, it must have been at least a 30x60 foot space filled with rows of 6 foot high shelves of dies, parts, and accessories.
The largest dies I saw were for 25x137 Bushmaster they were about the size of a Pringles can! It sounds like they have two employees upstairs handling orders and shipping and four guys downstairs in the shop. I should have ask for a full tour but didn’t want to press my luck. Dennis said if you have chamber dimensions, a fired case, or a chamber cast they can make dies for anything, as well as form dies. On average they stock about 1200 calibers and have a list totaling just shy of 2100 available die sets! It sounds like they are currently running about 24 months behind on out of stock items and I was told even during normal times they’re always swamped with work.
I should have ask more about their history as there isn’t much online but I didn’t even think about it. They did throw in a sample of their sizing wax and a couple of powder funnels. When I got home I sized and expanded fifty pieces of brass and I have to say I’m very happy with these dies so far. I didn’t seat any bullets as my new NOE mold is still in the mail. Hopefully I can do that this weekend and have something to shoot next week.
I have to say I’ll definitely be purchasing more of their stuff in the future. While some die sets are a bit pricey they seem to be the only place to find some of the really odd wildcats and European metric dies.
So there I am on their website which says they are swamped, who’d have thought? The site says to allow 3-5 days for emails responses and 2-3 weeks for orders to process. So just for the heck of it I sent them an email about getting a set of their .45-70 dies and a shell holder. I woke up this morning to find they had called while I was still asleep!
I returned the call and was informed that both the die set and shell holder were in stock, they even ask what diameter bullet I’d be using to get the expander correct. I informed them they I’m only about 45 minutes from their location and ask if I could stop in to pick them up. They said that was fine. Talk about service!
It’s an interesting place if you ever get the chance to visit. It sits right off the right hand side of state route 13 south in Mount Vernon Ohio. Just a plain tan two story building built on a hillside with no sign. Though apparently someone has an affinity for vintage Jaguars as there are quite a few in various states of decay sitting out front. While I was waiting for my change one of the employees named Dennis showed me there stock room which was very impressive, it must have been at least a 30x60 foot space filled with rows of 6 foot high shelves of dies, parts, and accessories.
The largest dies I saw were for 25x137 Bushmaster they were about the size of a Pringles can! It sounds like they have two employees upstairs handling orders and shipping and four guys downstairs in the shop. I should have ask for a full tour but didn’t want to press my luck. Dennis said if you have chamber dimensions, a fired case, or a chamber cast they can make dies for anything, as well as form dies. On average they stock about 1200 calibers and have a list totaling just shy of 2100 available die sets! It sounds like they are currently running about 24 months behind on out of stock items and I was told even during normal times they’re always swamped with work.
I should have ask more about their history as there isn’t much online but I didn’t even think about it. They did throw in a sample of their sizing wax and a couple of powder funnels. When I got home I sized and expanded fifty pieces of brass and I have to say I’m very happy with these dies so far. I didn’t seat any bullets as my new NOE mold is still in the mail. Hopefully I can do that this weekend and have something to shoot next week.
I have to say I’ll definitely be purchasing more of their stuff in the future. While some die sets are a bit pricey they seem to be the only place to find some of the really odd wildcats and European metric dies.