The Redding 22 Hornet Deluxe Die Set (MPN: 84102) is a 3-die metallic reloading package designed to decap, resize, and seat projectiles for standard .22 Hornet bottleneck rifle cartridges. Machined from heat-treated alloy steel on precision lathes, hand-polished, and ultrasonically cleaned, these dies feature standard 7/8"-14 thread bodies to fit conventional single-stage and turret reloading presses. The set provides both full-length and neck-only resizing dies alongside a dedicated bullet seating die with a built-in roll crimp ring, giving handloaders the flexibility to prepare brass for varied firearm actions or match fire-formed cases to a single bolt-action chamber.

Key Features:

• 3-Die Versatility: Contains a full-length resizing die with decapping rod and expander ball, a neck resizing die with decapping rod, and a bullet seating die with a built-in crimp ring.
• Full-Length Resizing: Restores the entire cartridge case body, shoulder, and neck to SAAMI minimum dimensions for reliable feeding across multiple firearms.
• Neck-Only Resizing: Resizes only the case neck to seat 0.224 in diameter bullets without reworking the fire-formed body, extending brass case life and preserving chamber-matched fire-forming.
• Alloy Steel Construction: Heat-treated in atmospherically controlled furnaces and finished with internal polishing to reduce brass friction and sizing effort.
• Universal Press Mounting: Uses industry-standard 7/8"-14 die threads compatible with standard reloading presses.
• Included Accessories: Supplied in a dedicated plastic storage box that doubles as a cartridge loading block, along with a spare decapping pin and hex wrench.

Specifications:

• Calibre Compatibility: .22 Hornet (SAAMI specification, 0.224 in bullet diameter)
• Die Thread: 7/8"-14
• Material: Heat-treated alloy steel
• Required Shellholder: Redding #14 (part #11014; sold separately)
• Lock Rings: Standard 7/8"-14 (#01016)
• Die Operations: Full-length sizing/decapping, neck sizing/decapping, bullet seating with roll crimp

Who is the Redding 22 Hornet Deluxe Die Set for?

• Precision handloaders loading for bolt-action or single-shot .22 Hornet rifles — requires dedicated neck-only sizing capabilities to preserve fire-formed brass dimensions for 0.224 in diameter projectiles, maintaining tight chamber alignment across standard 7/8"-14 press setups.
• Varmint hunters seeking to extend brass case life via neck sizing — relies on the 22 Hornet reloading die set to size only the case neck and decap without working the case body, reducing brass fatigue on thin-walled .22 Hornet cases fired through a single rifle.

Less suitable for: Fire-formed .22 K-Hornet chambers that feature an altered shoulder profile requiring dedicated K-Hornet dies, mixed-brass reloading across multiple firearms without full-length resizing, or high-speed automated progressive reloading operations requiring progressive-specific die sets.