Author Topic: Which press? (Read 759 times)

The Shrink · « **on:** February 14, 2003, 01:38:18 AM »

esteemed Board

I figure it's time to move up a little, my RCBS JR3 handle won't stay up and RCBS says it's unfixable. I'll keep it and use it, but it's akward having to keep moving the handle. Probably put the Lee bullet swager on it and leave it there.

I want to move up to something a little more cnvenient, and am thinking about a turrent press, but have seen the Hornady "Lock-N-Load advertized and wonder about it. Does it provide anywhere near the convenience a turrent will?

Forget about suggesting a progressive, I'm loading rifle and pistol, smokeless and black, and need something that will do it all. Don't really want to pay for the progressive, either.

rickyp · « **Reply #1 on:** February 14, 2003, 02:22:05 AM »

why not just send it back to rcbs they have a life time warrenty and should fix or replace it. I have a Rock Chucker and love it

Dand · « **Reply #2 on:** February 14, 2003, 08:29:08 PM »

I like my Lyman T Mag turret, the Rcbs turret looks interesting and the Redding Turrret looks super strong and has 7 die holes. Spare turrets are pretty spendy for all of them. I bought my Lyman about 1 month before the Dillon turret came out. I think the Dillion die heads are a little cheaper and may be easier to interchange. On the Dillon, the temptation to eventually build a full 550B could be big but I think it would turn out way more expensive than going straight to the 550B in the first place.

The turrets can be a little quicker, but it depends on how you load. Like one posted said on an earlier forum - a lot of it comes down to preparation and organization whether a single stage or something fancier.

Cheyenne Ranger · « **Reply #3 on:** February 15, 2003, 04:46:30 AM »

If you are going to load a bunch of the same caliber take a good long look at the Dillons. If you will be switching from caliber to caliber, then I think you will be able to find better value elsewhere. All this said, I have two Dillons and love them. But the cost of caliber conversions does open you eyes (and wallet).
just my 2 cents
CR

The Shrink · « **Reply #4 on:** February 15, 2003, 09:08:34 AM »

Rickyp

RCBS doesn't make the JR3 any more, and when I talked to them they said that all of theirs have the same problem, it is unfixable. It's a lovely press, and I'll continue to use it, as I posted above.

Others, I was hoping someone has had some experience with the Hornady system. The conveience of easily changing dies might be as convenient as a turrent press the way I use them. Not high volume, and a lot of different rifles and pistols.

REM · « **Reply #5 on:** February 15, 2003, 01:43:36 PM »

I don't personally own a hornady lock and load set up but a shooting buddy does and I've been around it and used it some. It's a good set up, easy to change dies and works every bit as well as any comparable press. The only drawback I see is the need to buy bushings for every die you use. I load a lot of different calibers but some of them not very often. It would cost a lot to set all my dies up with the lock and load bushings. I get my dies set and I don't mind the time it takes to screw them in and out to change them. If I only used a few die sets the lock and load would be tempting. Like so many other things, mostly personal prefference I guess. I think you would be as happy with the performance of the lock and load press as you would be with any. Its just whether you think the convenience of the bushing setup would offset the expense of the bushings.

REM