Ammunition & Hand Loading > Cartridge and Shotshell reloading
Reloading press
Dan W:
--- Quote from: bkoenig on January 21, 2016, 10:01:33 PM --- :o
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It's not the $500 dollar machine.
Giraud has a new trimmer that mounts in a drill that cuts all 3 angles at once
http://www.giraudtool.com/Tri%20Way%20Trimmer.htm
SemperFiGuy:
If shooters weren't such hard-core individualists, seems like a good, solid argument could be made for pooling their money and buying something like a Dillon 650 for a small, compatible(?) group of USPSA/IDPA shooters. Get out of slo-mo single-stage presses forever.
Sharing the Dillon. Setting it up for 9mm, .40S&W, maybe .45ACP reloading. Even revolver stuff: .38SPCL/.357Mag..........
And then reloading about two hunnert-thousand rounds on it per year. (jthhapkido must shoot about 40,000 rounds/year all by himself. Not to mention what DCJulie shoots.)
Guys could come over. Shoot the breeze, take turns reloading their stuff. Drink coffee. (At the perimeter of the room, of course. No food/drink in reloading area.) Have Guy fun. Their women would know where they were, instead of some hangout honkeytonk bar.
Or......maybe rent some space: Like a secure garage, w/combo locks. And 220v power. Upgrade to a Dillon Super 1050. Or we could use that excellent space at Handyman Joe's which is now being underutilized as a training area.
Maybe put in a pool table for the other guys to use when not reloading. And a large screen TV with big, comfy chairs from Goodwill. Maybe a couple of 8-foot tables for a mini gun-show trading area.
And then get an FFL 06, start manufacturing ammo. Make it. Box it. Sell it under the NFOA Forum name. 9mm/115gr to start. Then work up to 124gr and self-defense.
Aw......Never Mind. I was just day-dreaming out loud.
If Shooters Weren't Such Hard Core Individualists: "Dammit, it was set up for 9mm when I left. So who's the .45ACP nut-case around here???"
Just sayin'.........
sfg
MartyB:
--- Quote from: SS_N_NE on January 21, 2016, 06:51:23 PM ---the press is the main tool....no use in going too cheap
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I'm brand new to reloading, but absolutely believe in this statement.
I started collecting equipment for my bench Black Friday week, watching for sales through X-mas. I picked up RCBS carbide 3-die sets in a couple of handgun calibers for $28 per set. Also from RCBS, I got an APS bench priming tool and loader for the APS strips, both dirt-cheap. Amazon had loading blocks, tumblers, media sifters, etc. on sale.
i had expected at some point, Black Friday, Cyber Monday, 12 days of Christmas, sometime, Dillon might put a press on sale. Lee, Hornady, RCBS, everyone else had presses on sale. It wasn't to be. I finally paid full price for my Dillon 550, and would gladly do it again.
@BigRed, you've already mentioned 6 calibers. It would sure be nice to set each of those up once in their own tool-head, then change the press from one caliber to another in two-minute's time. (hint: there is a price break if you buy 3 or more tool-heads at a time)
$0.02 worth, from a newly minted blue-press snob.
Ultimately, you can get the job done on a wide range of presses. Invest as your budget allows and enjoy the reloading process.
SS_N_NE:
As we were all touting the cast iron single stage presses...it did occur to me that the coveted blue presses are aluminum frames.
MartyB:
--- Quote from: SS_N_NE on January 27, 2016, 09:45:32 PM ---the coveted blue presses are aluminum
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...like the engine block from a '72 Vega ;)
(you'll likely get more mileage out of the press)
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