Are carbide rifle dies better than steel rifle dies?
The main advantage of a carbide, rifle re-sizing die is longevity. In a recreational reloading environment – you’ll never wear out a set of steel rifle dies. Even with a carbide re-sizing die, you still have to lube the brass to re-size rifle brass. And, because of the bottleneck case, you do not get the reduction in “handle effort” with a carbide rifle die that you do get with a carbide (straight-walled) pistol die. For those reasons, I don’t recommend carbide rifle dies for anything other than a commercial loading environment (50,000+ rounds/year).
