The right dies…

[cajun]

Oh I agree and I'm not trying to say there's no difference in them. Just that there's diminishing returns as you spend more and more so you're going to spend a lot more for a little gain in a lot of cases. And if the rest of your process/rifle/ability can't take advantage of the difference you probably won't see a difference.

Just back to the goal, what's considered successful and don't need top end dies to get there

There was a thread along these lines a while back. That is basically what I said. Some of the people seemed to think chasing that extra 1/4 moa was an obligation. If you look at Brian Litz hit calculator it's not a deal breaker.

 

[Marky_mark]

There was a thread along these lines a while back. That is basically what I said. Some of the people seemed to think chasing that extra 1/4 moa was an obligation. If you look at Brian Litz hit calculator it's not a deal breaker.

It only matters if your trying to hit a small target at long distance

 

[VO2MaxFF]

You didn't tell us what your shooting goals are.

If I wanted to go shoot with @Alex Wheeler at a match and pretend to be halfway competitive, yeah I'd look at better dies.

Note, I'd love to shoot at a match with Mr. Wheeler, but I know better than to think I would be competitive with him!

The dies I have for my 7mm-08AI are old Pacific dies I found a flea market for $15.
I have hit a 24X24" steel plate at 1,300 yards. Took it to shoot my first F-Open match (600 yards).

So, no. You might not need to get the top notch dies.

Shooting goal: If I'm being honest, with this particular build (6mm GT) just looking to spot impacts, have a very accurate and consistent rifle and use it for an occasional varmint, hog or small deer rifle at range. My competition days are long since gone... competitive triathlete for many years and got burned out and broken (my own fault). So, I only want to refine my processes but admittedly, being seriously in the weeds doesn't appeal to me. It seems, to me, that I should just get a set of Forster or Redding dies and start developing a load without thinking too much more into this! Thanks all for the input.

Erik