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If you had to buy all new reloading equipment, which press would you buy and why?

Landrum

A co-ax and a Dillon 550B. The Co-Ax because they're so darned simple and you don't need to "float" your dies as the press does it for you. The Dillon 550 for bulk shooting duties, though they're precise enough for match ammo as well.

Forster Coax and Dillon XL650 for me. Accuracy of the Forster and speed of the Dillon and ease of operation for large runs of cartridges.

I don't need to buy a new press. My 1975 Rock Chucker is still cranking them out.

I'm very happy with my Lyman Crusher and Dillon 550. I'd buy the same ones again.

Redding T7 for general work; RCBS Rockchucker for case forming and Dillon Square Deal B's for volume handgun loading.

Redding T7 and Dillon XL650-or maybe a 550b. If I start to do more case-forming, a Redding UltraMag. I would like to play with a Co-ax, just to see what everyone is raving about.

I like my Lee cast classic. It's strong enough for anything I want to do, and was priced right. I like the spent primer collector. I had a Hornady Loc n' Load press, it was fine too. Having to get inserts to make it truly a quick-change deal was a negative, but it did the job.

I don't do major resizing, so that's a factor. But I believe the cast classic would do the job.

Most of them work pretty well, actually.

Since I'm old and old fashioned, I'd probably go with what I have now, three RCBS rockchuckers in a line down the bench ( don't question it, it was an on-going "modular" thing...).
What we here in Montana call a " North Dakota Progressive"
Ingwe

We do that in Oregon too I never pass up a good, used Rockchucker for less than $60, which come up more often than not in the used bins at local shops around here. I figure if I can't use them, then I can get someone else started handloading. At one time I had five of them on the bench each with a 223 die at a different seating depth. All those dies came out of a shoebox of dies I bought at a garage sale for five bucks!

dillion square deal for cranking them out, Rockchucker for everyday duty, and Lee classic cast press for the long and nitro cases.

Ed

Co-Ax, Dillon 550B and Rockchucker.Rick.

I like my RC IV for rifle cases and for straight wall pistol cases the Dillon 650 works great. Keeping the dillon fed is the only hard part.

I have a Rock Chucker and a Lee Turret 4 position.

The Rockchucker I bought in 1972 is the most used. Redding turret press for handguns. RCBS Partner for traveling. I would like a Co-Ax but I can't think of an excuse.

I have a Co-ax and a rock chucker set up on the bench. I use both. I like the co-ax better obviously.

I'm not a professional by any stretch. I've been using an Ultramag for 15+ years. The Dillon 550B is too good to ever consider giving up. I've had T-7 for about three years, it is a truly useful press.

I started with a RCBS Reloader Special of some sort, no complaints with it...it got replaced by the Ultramag. I had 2 Dillon SDB's at one time also, replaced them with a pair of 550B's.

I could load the rest of my life on those.

I, too, would like to try a Co-Ax.

I can't fault my Lyman Orange Crusher. Haven't really played with many others.

Thank you very much.

That's what I've used for years. It replaced an RCBS jr circa 1990. If I ever got into handgun shooting in quantity there is no doubt I would be buying a Dillon.

Single stage - Redding Big Boss II. Progressive - Dillon with all the bells and whistles.