Ammunition & Hand Loading > Cartridge and Shotshell reloading
Reloading Presses ?
Dan W:
Another thing a newbie wants to check out is how to remove a stuck .223 case from a die
Bigtony:
If a Rock Chucker, buy used! They still have a warranty.
Bill:
I've inherited my father's Lee press turret press and it still works fine after untold thousands of rounds of .38, 357, and 9mm through it. Is it a Cadillac? No, but it's a reliable old Chevy.
Like most people I would (am) doing a single-stage press for rifle. Rifle cartridges just have too much energy stored up to not be exceptionally diligent with the preparation.
unfy:
Wanna throw this out there.
My Hornady LNL AP with auto powder thing typically gets powder charges within +/- 0.1 grains. Have used Unique and Win296 in it (maybe Blue Dot as well). Soooo... I don't doubt that the quality volumetric powder throwers can be really consistent (how the plastic bushing lee thing works out i dunno).
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That said ... if you're wanting to produce match grade ammo, then lots of hand work and manual whatever probably isn't a bad idea. I've ran my LNL with a single die-at-a-time before for crimping some rounds. Soo... I see no reason why you shouldn't be able to get ultra consistent with a progressive if ya treat it like a single stage.
Going through 41mag.... trimming brass and then crimp seating bullets, I've found in 'mass production mode', it produces rounds that are virtually identical (can't tell two rounds apart).
But.... if you *are* producing match grade rifle ammo, you'll want to turn your necks, not full length size, and hand weigh all of your charges anyway. I don't see how a progressive press used as if it was single stage would matter much. The ram and plate base are just as solid, the dies don't move at all, etc. For the progressive presses that use die bushings, there might be some concern about a tiny bit of play from the bushings... but... they seem pretty darn solid in my press :).
JimP:
I would suggest a single stage press starting out ......YMMV.
I still use a single stage to do all my reloading ..... speaking of which, I need to get some rounds together for next monday .....later.
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