|
Joined: Jan 2008
Posts: 17,312 Likes: 1
Campfire Ranger
|
OP
Campfire Ranger
Joined: Jan 2008
Posts: 17,312 Likes: 1 |
So what's the deal?
Leave your dies set up and less spinning them in and out?
Why not a Dillon 550?
Thanks.
Screw you! I'm voting for Trump again!
Ecc 10:2 The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but that of a fool to the 24HCF.
|
|
|
|
Joined: Nov 2015
Posts: 19,211
Campfire Ranger
|
Campfire Ranger
Joined: Nov 2015
Posts: 19,211 |
I've got a Lyman turret press. I run two presses, an RCBS that is for resizing and priming, and the Lyman. I keep my bullet seating dies in the Lyman, with a bullet pulling die in there also.
|
|
|
|
Joined: Oct 2009
Posts: 1,477
Campfire Regular
|
Campfire Regular
Joined: Oct 2009
Posts: 1,477 |
I use Redding T7 with 4 or five different turrets. I load for my siblings and they each have different calibers. I have dies, sizing, neck, bump, seating set up for each caliber on a die. If I want to reload for a specific gun, I just swap a turret. Everything is set up for that gun. I do deprime on a separate Lee press, just to keep the gunk off the Redding.
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jan 2003
Posts: 10,954
Campfire Outfitter
|
Campfire Outfitter
Joined: Jan 2003
Posts: 10,954 |
Higbean- exactly as you say.
I have a Lee (....sorry....I guess) and just bought a turret for each cartridge. A Lee turret costs all of $12. I leave a bullet puller in one turret. and just change it's collet depending on caliber.
For my 6mm I have two different seating dies in the turret, a Lee for 85 hpbt and a RCBS for 100 spt.
In another I have a neck sizer and a full length sizer because I was occasionally loading for a friends rifle. Having four hole turrets makes things SO convenient. Set and forget.
I reload 9mm and 40s&w likewise. KrakMT points to one thing the Lee is great at- de-priming and priming neatly.
Last edited by kenjs1; 12/05/19.
When a country is well governed, poverty and a mean condition are something to be ashamed of. When a country is ill governed, riches and honors are something to be ashamed of . Confucius
|
|
|
|
Joined: Mar 2005
Posts: 26,253
Campfire Ranger
|
Campfire Ranger
Joined: Mar 2005
Posts: 26,253 |
I have really wanted a Redding T-7 for a while now. But........ I have two friends with Lyman turret presses, one has the T-Mag and the other the new 8-Station press. They both say they've had no problems with them and load ammo just as accurately as their Rockchuckers.
The Lyman 8-Station is a $100+ less than the Redding. Midway has the Lymans on sale right now. The savings could almost pay for three extra turrets and the cover a big chunk of the rifles I'm currently loading for.......
Decisions, decisions.........
Casey
Not being married to any particular political party sure makes it a lot easier to look at the world more objectively... Having said that, MAGA.
|
|
|
|
Joined: Feb 2004
Posts: 10,090 Likes: 1
Campfire Outfitter
|
Campfire Outfitter
Joined: Feb 2004
Posts: 10,090 Likes: 1 |
I have really wanted a Redding T-7 for a while now. But........ I have two friends with Lyman turret presses, one has the T-Mag and the other the new 8-Station press. They both say they've had no problems with them and load ammo just as accurately as their Rockchuckers.
The Lyman 8-Station is a $100+ less than the Redding. Midway has the Lymans on sale right now. The savings could almost pay for three extra turrets and the cover a big chunk of the rifles I'm currently loading for.......
Decisions, decisions.........
10 years down the road, $100 will be like $10/year...
|
|
|
|
Joined: Oct 2009
Posts: 1,477
Campfire Regular
|
Campfire Regular
Joined: Oct 2009
Posts: 1,477 |
The Lyman turrets are lower priced than the T7 also. I think the Lyman is pretty good.
Last edited by KRAKMT; 12/08/19.
|
|
|
|
Joined: Mar 2006
Posts: 20,896 Likes: 1
Campfire Ranger
|
Campfire Ranger
Joined: Mar 2006
Posts: 20,896 Likes: 1 |
The turret turns........
"I never thought I'd live to see the day that a U.S. president would raise an army to invade his own country." Robert E. Lee
|
|
|
|
Joined: Nov 2018
Posts: 1,488
Campfire Regular
|
Campfire Regular
Joined: Nov 2018
Posts: 1,488 |
So what's the deal?
Leave your dies set up and less spinning them in and out?
Why not a Dillon 550?
Thanks.
A few years ago I thought I'd give a turret press a try. Buddy of mine sold me his lightly used Lyman. I started out just doing handgun cartridges on it, now I'm loading my rifle cartridges, including the 375 H&H, on it with excellent results. For most of my loading, I don't really want a progressive loader. It didn't take long though before I found that I was loading pistol & rifle cartridges quite a bit faster than I'd ever managed on my good old Rockchucker. I've still got the RCBS, but haven't loaded on it in over a year. Somehow it's just a little faster, no problem. I use it like a single stage press, I think the speed improvement comes from the wide-open front, allowing fast access to the cartridge & ram. I dunno. Maybe. Regards, Guy
|
|
|
|
Joined: Mar 2005
Posts: 26,253
Campfire Ranger
|
Campfire Ranger
Joined: Mar 2005
Posts: 26,253 |
10 years down the road, $100 will be like $10/year...
Well then, I'll just put $10 a year into a jar and in 10 years I'll buy the T-7...............
Casey
Not being married to any particular political party sure makes it a lot easier to look at the world more objectively... Having said that, MAGA.
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jan 2019
Posts: 2,653
Campfire Regular
|
Campfire Regular
Joined: Jan 2019
Posts: 2,653 |
I have a rcbs...love it. I’ll never go back.
The Redding is better imho
GOD Bless America
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jan 2001
Posts: 10,951
Campfire Outfitter
|
Campfire Outfitter
Joined: Jan 2001
Posts: 10,951 |
My first turret press was a Lyman, that I bought around 1970 or ‘71. Bought my second Lyman about 1990. I’ve never found anything to complain about, they seem to produce good, accurate reloads! memtb
Last edited by memtb; 12/15/19.
You should not use a rifle that will kill an animal when everything goes right; you should use one that will do the job when everything goes wrong." -Bob Hagel
“I’d like to be a good rifleman…..but, I prefer to be a good hunter”! memtb 2024
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jan 2003
Posts: 10,954
Campfire Outfitter
|
Campfire Outfitter
Joined: Jan 2003
Posts: 10,954 |
I use my turret indexer when making 9mm and 40 cal pistol rounds but I remove the index rod ( so the turret does not spin) when making rifle ammo. I am typically tinkering loads or making a small number of rounds for each rifle. I weigh each charge separately for these and don't use a powder dump of any kind for this.
When a country is well governed, poverty and a mean condition are something to be ashamed of. When a country is ill governed, riches and honors are something to be ashamed of . Confucius
|
|
|
|
Joined: Dec 2019
Posts: 79
Campfire Greenhorn
|
Campfire Greenhorn
Joined: Dec 2019
Posts: 79 |
I say Dillon 550. I load all my precision ammo (6 Dasher, 260 Rem, .223, 224 Valkerie, etc) on my 550. I ditched the powder throw and replaced it with a funnel. Charges get weighed out on another piece of equipment. It's FAST. Every pull of the handle results in a finished round. My powder dispenser is fast, so by the time I check the last completed round for length and run the handle it has the next charge waiting for me. I'd estimate 10-12 seconds a round once I'm rolling.
To make a progressive really work, you need to trim (if necessary) before sizing. My process:
Clean brass Anneal Trim if necessary Load Clean finished rounds (I dump them back in the tumbler for 5 minutes to get the case lube off)
I'm getting velocity SD's of 3-4 with this process. Tolerance on length is typically plus minus 0.0015". Plenty good enough.
|
|
|
|
Joined: Mar 2011
Posts: 1,774
Campfire Regular
|
Campfire Regular
Joined: Mar 2011
Posts: 1,774 |
I have a Redding T-7 that I do all my rifle rounds on. I leave the dies set up and change heads. I can't see any difference, between rounds coming of the T-7, or the rock chucker. I have two rock chuckers set up one for pulling bullets and one for checking shoulder set-back. (Redding gauge). I load all my pistol stuff on a Dillon 650, it's a huge time saver.
|
|
|
|
586 members (1936M71, 10gaugemag, 1badf350, 12344mag, 01Foreman400, 16penny, 60 invisible),
2,537
guests, and
1,505
robots. |
Key:
Admin,
Global Mod,
Mod
|
|
Forums81
Topics1,192,192
Posts18,484,986
Members73,966
|
Most Online11,491 Jul 7th, 2023
|
|
|
|