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Turret presses #5657202 09/27/11
Joined: Mar 2011 Posts: 1,774 B Bogtrotter OP Campfire Regular
OP Bogtrotter Campfire Regular B Joined: Mar 2011 Posts: 1,774	Thinking of buying A redding turret press. Any opinions? Last edited by Bogtrotter; 09/27/11.

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Re: Turret presses Bogtrotter #5657204 09/27/11
Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 96,121 S Steelhead Campfire Oracle
Steelhead Campfire Oracle S Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 96,121	My favorite "Dear Lord, save me from Your followers"

Re: Turret presses Bogtrotter #5657210 09/27/11
Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 29,348 Ken Howell Campfire Ranger
Ken Howell Campfire Ranger Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 29,348	The best turreter that there is! No, wait � the only turreter that's worth its bench space. Ask Redding whether they still have any of the old reprints of my many-years-ago review of it. Or you may find it in an ancient issue of Handloader. On a scale of five stars, an easy ten. "Good enough" isn't. Always take your responsibilities seriously but never yourself.

Re: Turret presses Ken Howell #5657250 09/27/11
Joined: Jul 2010 Posts: 9,517 Dublin, Ohio C ColsPaul Campfire Outfitter
ColsPaul Campfire Outfitter C Joined: Jul 2010 Posts: 9,517 Dublin, Ohio	You owe it to yourself to look at the Hornady LockN Load progressive. I have "shopped " for many years and finally purchased one in August. Not a single hitch yet. Maybe a couple thousand rounds... All pistol calibers but I will be loading 30/06 soon, and don't expect and issue with those either. "wanna hear God laugh? Tell Him you have complete control now!"

Re: Turret presses ColsPaul #5657471 09/27/11
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miket_81 Campfire Regular M Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 2,544 Moundville, MO	I own a Redding and a RCBS turret press. They are both very good and produce very accurate ammo. The main plus to the redding is it has one more spot. The Redding TP along with a RCBS Chargemaster combo and case prep station is pretty hard to beat... It isn't energy that kills. It's holes! Dogzapper A fine is a tax for doing wrong, a tax is a fine for doing well

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Re: Turret presses Bogtrotter #5657527 09/27/11
Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 13,860 T Take_a_knee Campfire Outfitter
Take_a_knee Campfire Outfitter T Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 13,860	Get a 550 Dillon.

Re: Turret presses Take_a_knee #5657811 09/27/11
Joined: Mar 2009 Posts: 3,323 SE Nebraska orion03 Campfire Tracker
orion03 Campfire Tracker Joined: Mar 2009 Posts: 3,323 SE Nebraska	+1 on the Dillon. I've got a 650 that I use primarily for 223 and would be lost without it. If I were in the market for a turret press it would definitely be the Redding. `Bring Enough Gun`

Re: Turret presses orion03 #5657844 09/27/11
Joined: Apr 2008 Posts: 5,087 Northwest Iowa T trouthunterdj Campfire Tracker
trouthunterdj Campfire Tracker T Joined: Apr 2008 Posts: 5,087 Northwest Iowa	I have had the Redding T7 for maybe 5 years and it is absolutely the best. I actually sold my Dillon when I got my turret press. ddj Many men go fishing all their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after. - Henry David Thoreau The best part of hunting and fishing was the thinking about going and the talking about it after you got back. - Robert Ruark

Re: Turret presses trouthunterdj #5657861 09/27/11
Joined: May 2011 Posts: 1,374 Colorado Springs, CO S ShootDogs Campfire Regular
ShootDogs Campfire Regular S Joined: May 2011 Posts: 1,374 Colorado Springs, CO	I like my Lyman T-Mag II turret press, but from what I've heard and read, the Redding's a bit better (less play and a bit more solid). "A government that robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul."

Re: Turret presses ShootDogs #5657972 09/27/11
Joined: Oct 2008 Posts: 7,263 Out Yonder T Tejano Campfire Tracker
Tejano Campfire Tracker T Joined: Oct 2008 Posts: 7,263 Out Yonder	Same question, any thoughts on the Harrell vs. the Redding? "When you disarm the people, you commence to offend them and show that you distrust them either through cowardice or lack of confidence, and both of these opinions generate hatred." Niccolo Machiavelli

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Re: Turret presses ShootDogs #5657991 09/27/11
Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 932 Wyoming K k3yston3 Campfire Regular
k3yston3 Campfire Regular K Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 932 Wyoming	Originally Posted by ShootDogs I like my Lyman T-Mag II turret press, but from what I've heard and read, the Redding's a bit better (less play and a bit more solid). I've never found myslef wanting for more with my Lyman T-Mag. It produces accurate ammo, as accurate as my rock chucker.

Re: Turret presses k3yston3 #5658276 09/27/11
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pal Campfire Outfitter Joined: Jul 2011 Posts: 11,035 so cal	Hollywood turret press. "There's more to optics than meets the eye."--anon "...most of us would be better off losing half a pound around the waist than half a pound on our rifle."--dhg

Re: Turret presses pal #5659400 09/27/11
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KDK Campfire Tracker Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 6,293 home in OR!	I love my T7... Originally Posted by ingwe This is a shooting forum, there is no place here for logic.

Re: Turret presses KDK #5659424 09/27/11
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deg967 Campfire Regular Joined: Jul 2007 Posts: 1,740 ARKANSAS	Don't wanna hyjack here..but been thinking of upgrading from my Lee "starter" Anniversary kit. Will someone explain to me what a turret press is and how its a better option? I'll primarily be loading for rifle calibers, .270 Winchester, .257 Roberts and more than likely a .223 & .357 or .38 sometime in the future.

Re: Turret presses KDK #5659430 09/27/11
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toad Campfire Tracker T Joined: Feb 2009 Posts: 6,766 Montana	i like mine. the primer feed kit is good stuff and the spent primer handling system is cool. BUT, if you have case forming or heavy FL sizing of large cases, you will still need a standard press. Guns don't kill people, drivers with cell phones kill people.

Re: Turret presses deg967 #5659449 09/27/11
Joined: May 2004 Posts: 3,951 Tidewater, VA. like2shoot Campfire Tracker
like2shoot Campfire Tracker Joined: May 2004 Posts: 3,951 Tidewater, VA.	http://www.midwayusa.com/viewProduct/default.aspx?productNumber=588482 Not much of a pic, but you may get the idea. http://www.midwayusa.com/viewProduct/default.aspx?productNumber=249156 You can also purchase additional turrets so that once you have adjusted your dies, you save time changing calibers. Everything you now do is something you have chosen to do. Some people don't want to believe that. But if you're over age twenty-one, your life is what you're making of it. To change your life, you need to change your priorities.

Re: Turret presses like2shoot #5659462 09/27/11
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longwinters Campfire Regular L Joined: Sep 2004 Posts: 871 Central U.P	Ive got the RCBS but the Redding is the mother of all turrets. Long

Re: Turret presses like2shoot #5659464 09/27/11
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Ky221 Campfire Tracker K Joined: Aug 2011 Posts: 3,691	My favorite too

Re: Turret presses Ky221 #5659497 09/27/11
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CrimsonTide Campfire Ranger C Joined: Nov 2004 Posts: 21,692 Kentucky	I have an original T-Mag that my parents bought for me when I graduated from the 8th grade. The Redding is a better press because it doesn't have the play that the Lyman does. I've loaded a whole lot of cartridges on that old Lyman though. "The number one problem with America is, a whole lot of people need shot, and nobody is shooting them." -Master Chief Hershel Davis

Re: Turret presses deg967 #5659972 09/27/11
Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 2,544 Moundville, MO M miket_81 Campfire Regular
miket_81 Campfire Regular M Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 2,544 Moundville, MO	Originally Posted by deg967 Don't wanna hyjack here..but been thinking of upgrading from my Lee "starter" Anniversary kit. Will someone explain to me what a turret press is and how its a better option? A turret press is a press that unlike a single stage like you have has a spinning turret on top that holds several dies so you can leave the most used ones set up.. I like to leave 5-6 of my most used seating dies in the press and swap out my sizing dies as I use them.. But if I am doing a bunch of a round at a particular round say 223 say in the spring-summer when I am not shooting the deer rifles much i'll leave the 223 sizer in and take out a seater that i'm not using much.. It isn't energy that kills. It's holes! Dogzapper A fine is a tax for doing wrong, a tax is a fine for doing well

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