preacherJohn
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I'm getting ready to seriously step up to a progressive press. Currently for the last 5 yrs or so I've used the Lee Classic turret, and before that an old RCBS RS2 that I've had now since the middle 80's. The Lee has served my purposes pretty well. And the old RCBS single stage ended up being my decapper. I mainly load hand gun rounds. 9mm and 45acp are the ones that run through my dies the most, but I recently started loading 40 S&W since I've acquired a couple of pistols of this caliper this year, and of course the old standard revolver 38/357 rounds on occasion. I know my question is mostly personal preference, but I really would like to know the "do's and don'ts" of choosing a progressive press with my main focus on tripling my output. I've gotten to enjoy my time in the basement with the turret press with a radio or tv listening to a ball game in the background, but when I see people pumping out close to 800 rounds an hour and it takes me one hour to load 100, it's time to start thinking about stepping up. I've pretty much gather up everything I need over the years as far as reloading goes, so spending a grand or so on the press is what I'm looking at. Who's building the preferred press now. I like the Dillon, but I'm beginning to like the Hornady bullet making machine also. I just want something that works well, without fear of things breaking in the near future.