Forster .223 dies on the Dillon 650XL...will it work well?

[wanttolearn]

Hi, i already have the Forster .223 2 die set. I recently purchased a Dillon 650XL but haven't taken it out of the box yet.

 

Can i use the Forster 2 die set on the Dillon 650XL?  

 

I use them on my single stage but sometimes when i take a class we burn through some 350-400 rounds and so hoped the perhaps i might be able to use them on the progressive.

 

I noticed that the Dillon set consists of 3 Dies.

 

If the Forster die set would work, how would I set up the Dillon. Thanks

[The Donald]

I use the Forester seating die on 223 with a light tap of a Lee FCD. Loading processed brass, I have a Lyman M die where you normally use a sizing die. It gets the run out to a minimum and even my 55 gr blaster ammo is real accurate.

[wanttolearn]

thank you. may i ask, is your preference to use the M die and the FCD so that you don't overwork the case? As opposed to using the full length sizing die from Forster?

[The Donald]

I prep brass with a RCBS Small base die. The M die straightens up the case for the bullet to go in straighter.

[wanttolearn]

thank you

[RiggerJJ]

The Forester dies will work just fine. You will still need to trim the brass after sizing thou. A common method is to have two heads set up, one for processing brass, (decap, size, and adding a Dillon trimmer here really makes quick work of it) and the other for loading it. Clean/tumble the brass before each, trim (if no Dillon on the processing head) and swage primer pockets between the two...

jj