New to GBO. Which Turrent to buy

[RG2]

I am new to GBO's forums.  I have read them for several months and have learned alot. 

I have a question.  I am thinking about buying a turrent press.  Any suggestion on which to buy Lyman, RCBS, Redding, etc ?

I have a old Lee C press that is about gone.  I also have a Dillon square deal for loadiing handgun ammo.  I am looking to load for

Mil Surplus Rifles and maybe some .308 for hunting.  Any suggestions?

Thanks

RG2

[MnMike]

Depends on how much you are going to use it and how much you want to spend.

I use a Lee cheap turret. It works fine for me. The new Lee deluxe cast press is supposed to be pretty good. I am sure some of the people who like the expensive brands will chime in.

You pay your money and you take your choice - good luck,

mike

[Mac11700]

The Lyman Turret is a good press....used one for many many years...but...if I was going after a new one today...The Redding would be the the one I would buy...

Mac

[jack19512]

I use a Lee 4 hole turret press and have no complaints.  I reload for 5 rifle cartridges and have reloaded some very accurate ammo.

[Lloyd Smale]

550 dillon.

[spinafish]

I use the Lyman, really enjoy working with it..

[Bad Irv]

I use the Redding T-7 and it's a great press. It is very strong and over- built, much more than adequate for any reloading task. They can be had for about $200. Here's where I got mine about 6 months ago. http://www.wideners.com/itemdetail.cfm?item_id=3915&dir=210|216|259 Not cheap, but worth every penny imo. 

Irv   

[Cheesehead]

Lloyd is right. The Dillion 550 is all I have ever used. I load 15 different calibers. An occasional small problem, but nothing is perfect. I am happy with the customer support. 100% guarantee. Since I have used nothing else my opinion is biased.

[Hairtrigger]

Redding!
It will last your lifetime and more

[leverfan]

Redding, if you go with a turret.  Mine is great.

[Val]

I have an RCBS turret press and it works great. It is capable of reloading large cases such as my 300 RUM.

[Lead pot]

I wonder if a turret press is faster to load with then a single station press is.
I have two progressive presses laying under the bench right now not being used because of the frustration with the primer feed and double charged , or no powder in the case at all from fiddling with the primer feed.
I kept track once on how long it took to load 100 cases with a auto indexing loader and a single station Rock Chucker.
The Chucker was faster.

  LP

[RG2]

Thanks for all the replies.  Think I will go with the Redding. They all seem to be good presses but like the way the Redding.

Thanks again for your help

RG2

[Val]

Lead Pot,
I don't think that reloading with a turret press is faster than a single stage, however, you save a lot of setup time if you leave the dies set up on different turrets. I don't do that but, what I like is, if a need another die for some reason (to replace a damaged case, etc), I can put another die on the press without having to remove the one I'm using.