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I need/want to get into handloading. I headed up to Cabelas today with all the other "Black Friday" shoppers(insanity) and picked up the Supreme reloading kit on sale for 249.
RCBS will kick in another 10$ rebate and I had a 10$ cabelas code to use, which means 229 out the door for the whole kit.
If you spend 300, RCBS will refund 50 bucks, which is like getting two sets of dies for free. Smokin deal really....
I had the box in my cart,But I just couldn't do it, I think in my mind I want the Redding Big Boss loader.
There both about the same thing really, but the same setup for the Redding will cost much much more. Maybe 200 more. The Redding starter kit doesnt make financial sense to me so I have little interest in their kit
Why would I want to spend the extra coin?
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Buy the RCBS unless you just want the Redding and have money to spend.
I would hate to guess how many thousands upon thousands of rounds I have loaded on my RCBS press.
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I haven't made thousands of rounds yet, but RCBS customer service is excellent. I was missing some parts to my hand priming tool and a screw for the powder measure, and they sent me replacement parts at no charge.
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Not to hijack here BUT, I had a Rock Chucker, got lost in a move, going to replace soon, but am confused by all the different models RCBS has, I will be loading, 45-70 and and 257WM, and either 7x57 or 280 down the road, suggestions on press please.
Thanks, Bob Too many calibers and not enough time for the working man to hunt with them all.
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Not to hijack here BUT, I had a Rock Chucker, got lost in a move, going to replace soon, but am confused by all the different models RCBS has, I will be loading, 45-70 and and 257WM, and either 7x57 or 280 down the road, suggestions on press please. Rockchucker Supreme. Top of the RCBS line. Bullet proof, cant go wrong for the bucks. Swifty
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I need/want to get into handloading. I headed up to Cabelas today with all the other "Black Friday" shoppers(insanity) and picked up the Supreme reloading kit on sale for 249.
RCBS will kick in another 10$ rebate and I had a 10$ cabelas code to use, which means 229 out the door for the whole kit.
If you spend 300, RCBS will refund 50 bucks, which is like getting two sets of dies for free. Smokin deal really....
I had the box in my cart,But I just couldn't do it, I think in my mind I want the Redding Big Boss loader.
There both about the same thing really, but the same setup for the Redding will cost much much more. Maybe 200 more. The Redding starter kit doesnt make financial sense to me so I have little interest in their kit
Why would I want to spend the extra coin?
For the diffrence in bucks, ya shoulda bought it. Got 1 chucker for rifle thats loaded over 100,000 rifle and pistol rounds over 20 years, still going strong. My pair of chuckers, 1 with a piggyback 2, other strictly for rifles. Swifty
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Fron .223 through the long RUM cartriges the supreme works great for me. Almost everything on that bench is RCBS now days.
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Absolutely nothing the Redding will do that the RCBS won't do equally well.
If you want to step up from the RCBS, then the Forster Co-Ax is the best there is in a single stage press, IMO.
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I also am new to reloading and I bought the same kit from Cabelas this weekend. I figured with the rebates from RCBS and the $15 Cabelas code that I had, how can you go wrong.
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I have the exact RCBS setup and have turned out loads for multiple calibers. The 6.5x55 and the 30-06 both being sub moa. They are excellant loads and it is fun rolling my own. Reload in the winter, shoot in the summer, and hunt in the fall. Reloading has stretched my hunting season and has made me a lot better shooter. Buckfever1
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Fron .223 through the long RUM cartriges the supreme works great for me. Almost everything on that bench is RCBS now days. That's all you need right there.....
I try to stick with the basics, they do so well. Nothing fancy mind you, just plain jane will get it done with style. You want to see an animal drop right now? Shoot him in the ear hole. BSA MAGA
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I need/want to get into handloading. I headed up to Cabelas today with all the other "Black Friday" shoppers(insanity) and picked up the Supreme reloading kit on sale for 249.
RCBS will kick in another 10$ rebate and I had a 10$ cabelas code to use, which means 229 out the door for the whole kit.
If you spend 300, RCBS will refund 50 bucks, which is like getting two sets of dies for free. Smokin deal really....
I had the box in my cart,But I just couldn't do it, I think in my mind I want the Redding Big Boss loader.
There both about the same thing really, but the same setup for the Redding will cost much much more. Maybe 200 more. The Redding starter kit doesnt make financial sense to me so I have little interest in their kit
Why would I want to spend the extra coin?
Pretty phuggin stupid.....
I try to stick with the basics, they do so well. Nothing fancy mind you, just plain jane will get it done with style. You want to see an animal drop right now? Shoot him in the ear hole. BSA MAGA
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I have loaded at least 10k rounds on an RCBS Partner press, everything from .380 ACP to .338 Winchester. The Partner is a much smaller press, so a Rock Chucker should do you fine. The only reason I don't use the Partner any more is because I was given an RC, and then I decided I wanted a turret press.
This is a shooting forum, there is no place here for logic.
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if you are gonna step up from the RCBS to a Redding, get a T7 turret press or the Ultramag...
Guns don't kill people, drivers with cell phones kill people.
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Has anyone ever directly compared the Rock chucker to a Big Boss quality wise. I would much rather buy an American made product,
If the quality reflects the price difference.
There's not a retailer in 300 miles that carries the Big Boss,go figure....
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I have over 20,000 centerfire rifle cartidges through mine and it acts like the first round I loaded. RCBS makes good stuff and if all you need in my opinion. T.S.
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if you are gonna step up from the RCBS to a Redding, get a T7 turret press +1 If a guy doesn't want a single stage press, the T7 is THE way to go. MM
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This is a shooting forum, there is no place here for logic.
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You should have bought that kit.
IF you're going to upgrade above that get a turret press. I wish I had one some days.
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