Attn reloaders

[2006PSDSD]

Like I mentioned, I want something "easy" to use and that is VERY reliable. Troubling times are ahead I think, and I'd hate to have some dinky little part break that will keep me from reloading when life depends on it

[rankroddin250]

single stage is less complex and simple. I still use a single stage press that was my dads and is probly over 30 years old.

research the availability of primers and powder in your area... I havent found chit for either since the great election.

I have sat down several times and chucked out 200 rounds with it in an afternoon. It just takes patience.

[2006PSDSD]

Originally Posted by rankroddin250

single stage is less complex and simple. I still use a single stage press that was my dads and is probly over 30 years old.

research the availability of primers and powder in your area... I havent found chit for either since the great election.

I have sat down several times and chucked out 200 rounds with it in an afternoon. It just takes patience.

I've been watching ammo prices declining, so hopefully that will lead to better availability of bullets and primers

[kingchip]

I keep getting emails on a due date, and they come and go and still nothing. I found a shop in San Antonio that has some stuff, but they limit the purchase to 100 primers/day/person. Last time down that way, I stopped in, and they were out. 180 miles for nothing.

[purplehorn1977]

I use a RCBS rock chucker and have for many years once you get an auto charger you can get pretty fast at it i can do around 200 to 250 .40 cal an hour if im steady at it. but i am mostly using it for hand loads for the good ole .308 and 300winmag. i realoda about 6 to 10 diffrent calibers depending on who in the family needs what. but when starting out triple check everything it is so simple that you can make mistakes. get a good reloading book such as hornady, speer, hodgen, imr, pretty much all powder manufaturers have there own reloading books. read alot to gain the knowledge before you ever start to do it. and triple check again. stay within the load information. it is a very enjoyable hobby plus you can shoot twice as much for the same price. yes yu are going to have a hard time finding components (primers, brass, bullets) but you can find them just have to do alot of finger shopping. good luck and pm me if you ever need any help

[2006PSDSD]

Originally Posted by purplehorn1977

I use a RCBS rock chucker and have for many years once you get an auto charger you can get pretty fast at it i can do around 200 to 250 .40 cal an hour if im steady at it. but i am mostly using it for hand loads for the good ole .308 and 300winmag. i realoda about 6 to 10 diffrent calibers depending on who in the family needs what. but when starting out triple check everything it is so simple that you can make mistakes. get a good reloading book such as hornady, speer, hodgen, imr, pretty much all powder manufaturers have there own reloading books. read alot to gain the knowledge before you ever start to do it. and triple check again. stay within the load information. it is a very enjoyable hobby plus you can shoot twice as much for the same price. yes yu are going to have a hard time finding components (primers, brass, bullets) but you can find them just have to do alot of finger shopping. good luck and pm me if you ever need any help

Thanks, I will keep that offer in mind

[Heat]

As to a press, for a single stage it's hard to beat the Forster Co-Ax press. I also picked up the RCBS Advanced RC Supreme Master Reloading Kit
. Not so much needing two presses but the price of the kit virtually gave me the Rockchucker for free so I went with it.

Ken....

[05KingRanchDually]

I started on a Dillon 550B because I was out to load in bulk. If you want to crank out a ton of rounds in the least amount of time, you will need a progressive for sure. It is really no different that starting on a single-stage, because you can use it like a single stage if needed.

If you want heavy loads or very accurate target rounds, get a single stage from LEE, RCBS, Hornady, Redding, or Lyman (I'm sure I'm leaving out other good manufacturers...sorry), but don't expect it to be anything less than time-consuming.

[kingchip]

Where were you about 4 months ago. I've learned since I bought the LEE turret, that the 550 works either single stage or progressive. Had I known that then, I'd be a Dillon owner.

Oh well.

[05KingRanchDually]

If you ever decide to get the Dillon, you will still need all your dies, scale, caliper, etc. The only thing you'd be duplicating is the press body. Go ahead and get the dillon and sell the LEE.

Dillon's "No BS" warranty is awesome too. I've used it once. I lost a part and they sent me a new one without issue.

The 550B does not auto index, which means you can work each station manually, unlike the 650 and above. Technically, it is still progressive, but you'll only be working with one round at a time. I load match quality .300 Win Mag on my 550B using it like a single stage.

Extruded powders can be a ***** to do with 100% accuracy through the powder hopper, but you can just weigh each charge if needed like normal and not use the hopper. For ball or flake powder, you will not have variance like that using the hopper. For any practice "plinking" ammo, who cares.