Are these dies made out of carbide or steel?
234050
Steel.all bottleneck rifle cartridges required that you lube your cases prior to resizing.
234051
These are steel dies and you need to lubricate the cases before decapping. They are excellent dies and I really enjoy working with them
234052
If they are in red case ....carbide. yellow is steel. Mine is carbide. I always get carbide.
234053
They are steel dies. Carbide is not necessary for 30.06. They are very accurate dies and well with the money
234054
Steel. That's what my husband says. He told me that he has to lube them up to use, and that if they were carbide he wouldn't need to do that.
913522
They are made from lightweight metal ... I Love them... Great quality and price.
1502974
Carbide dies are always in straight wall case calibers. I have not seen any in cartridges that are bottle necked
658828
Carbide dies are harder and don't require lube or very little (rifle) and they can be used on nickel plated brass. Grey, are standard dies less expensive , softer steel but good value. If you are loading pistol and use brass cases , steel dies are fine. I am slowly switching to carbide but have steel dies I have used for 30 years. Just don't leave either in an aluminum press when not in use, electro chem reaction corrodes dies. ruined on set that way.
1837246
The material they are made of, and the finish. There all made of steel. I own RCBS and Lyman dies . The Lyman have a brighter finish than the RCBS but they both do their job. With the price of steel the steel market going up and down, very seldom down to compete companies cut back to keep up in the market with out over pricing to the consumer.
2243289
Yes they are all steel. Keep lubricated and clean. Remove powerlet when storing gun for long periods. Use Pellgunoil.
1837250
I believe Silver is steel and Grey is carbide (I THINK. I have never seen them referred to as "grey" and "silver" outside of Amazon). Steel dies require lubrication before you can resize, carbide dies require no lubrication to resize. Saves you time. I only buy carbide dies for pistol reloading.
714034
Looks like plated steel. Nothing special, regular nuts and bolts. Use mine for fog lights on a 1 ton truck and field lights on a tractor. Work well!
17377
Hi Lou,Yes, this bit is made of TiCo Hi-Density Carbide for maximum cutting life. Hope that helps!
1554554
They are made in China but don,t let that throw you.I honed and polished them before use.They held an edge and performed well..They are tool steel of some kind.Quite hard.
38804
They are made of metal. I have ordered more than 50 of them for my office and they have served our needs well.
1807859
They are carbon steel and must be hardened as they are tough enough to take quite a few "misses". They are quite small though - about the size of the average writing pen or pencil.
1008908
Yes, they're made out of metal, painted steel, I'd say. Not soft enough to be aluminum. Do you have a bench vise and a punch set? If you do, then you can drift the sites. Just be careful not to let the punch slip!
2065964
They are German steel. I'm not sure where the country of origin is. They are the same kind I used when I lived in Berlin. Excellent quality and very sharp.
1402023
Thes are steel tipped - not carbide. I might also add that I have used extensivley over the past two weeks and they seem to be holding an edge very well.
134444
All modern dies are normally carbide. For pistol calibers, it allows you to size without lubricating first. For rifle calibers, you'll still need to lube the case.
996134
They are in fact just steel. The only reason I bought these specific ones was because I thought they would look really nice on my board with my wheels. They are very nice bearings though! Just not the right picture for them.