[atvalaska]

have a rcbs rs2 from a long time ago and i dont see them alwhere so i feel i need something...... to speed things up a ?. i load .44mag/special branching out to 22.250 may be 30carbine (there 52.00 a box for hunting loads) i have about all the rest of the tools trimer etc . i use a lee hand prime unit and i've allways trickle feed the powder into the scale pan.....

[rcmodel]

Your greatest addition to speed things up would not be a new press.

It would be a powder measure. Trickling & weighing every charge takes forever & a day.

For what you are loading, and hunting loads to boot, you can throw charges directly from a measure and be done with it.

Takes maybe two minutes to throw charges for 50 rounds.

rc

[depoloni]

I started with an RS2, like you, and it's actually still my primary means of reloading all my "nitpicking" ammo for rifles and other very-precise applications.

I, like you, felt the need to step it up a notch and get faster production rates for 9mm, 44mag, and few other loads I shoot a lot more ammo in. I purchased the Lee Classic Turret Press and haven't looked back. Buy a few extra rotors and set each caliber's die set in one, then leave them and switch rotors. Saves so much time.

I have not stepped up to a true "progressive" loader like the various models offered by Lee, RCBS, Lyman, Hornady, or Dillon. My father has a Dillon and it CRANKS out ammo, but I keep up already and he shoots far less than I do hehe. The Hornady Lock-n-Load is reportedly a very good progressive press also. Someday I may buy one of these types but the turret has served me well enough to keep up with my needs.

EDIT) seeing RC's excellent suggestion above, I can highly recommend the Lyman #55 powder measure (the one for smokeless, NOT blackpowder!) as the unit I combine to toss charges for the turret press. I still trickle-charge rifle ammunition. Funny how "right on it" RC is eh? :)

[rfwobbly]

+1 on RC's suggestion.

[Floppy_D]

+1 on RC's suggestion.
That's the Reloading Subforum War Cry!

I too use an RS2 for single stage operations... and I'd call the powder measure a must have. Best o' luck.