What kind of press(es) do you use?

What type(s) of press(es) do you use?

  • Mass Production Progressive

    Votes: 29 14.8%

  • Simple Progressive

    Votes: 71 36.2%

  • 4-6 Head Simple Turret

    Votes: 58 29.6%

  • 6-8 Head Complex Turret

    Votes: 11 5.6%

  • Single-Stage Press

    Votes: 111 56.6%

  • Multiple Single Stage Presses

    Votes: 43 21.9%

  • Lee Loaders! (there's something else?)

    Votes: 8 4.1%

  • Lee APP + Other (post what "other" is)

    Votes: 17 8.7%

  • All of the above

    Votes: 1 0.5%

  • I use an Ideal loading tool made in 1928 and nothing more is needed! Herrumph!

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Total voters
    196
  • Poll closed .
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1974-marked RCBS JR3 single stage press that I bought off of a fella in ~1978 when I lived in VaB.

In 2014 I bought a Lee Classic Turret and that has been my primary ever since.

The LCT I have used for pistol ammo and 5.56. When I need to hand-/re-load some of the heavier stuff (.30'06, .303, 7.92x57, etc ... I still have beaucoup decent milsurp on-hand) I will almost certainly be using the JR3 and the loading blocks. :)
 
Own a Lyman T-Mag turret, Dillon 550, Mec 650, Lee APP, Lee Classic 4 hole Turret progressive and Lee basic single stage. At some point they all get used with the exception of the shot shell loader it’s been a few years for that one. And one other perhaps not covered here. 5DF20257-E016-4555-957B-8FFCF63DACBC.jpeg
 
Chuck R. said:
RCBS Rock-Chucker
Redding Ultra-Mag
Dillon 550B
Dillon 650
Ponsness Warren 375C
Ponsness Warren 900 Elite

12 Handgun Calibers
19 Rifle Calibers
4 Gauges
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Wow! Now THAT'S variety!
I only load for 8 rifle and 27 pistol calibers, but most pistols are using the same die sets - ex: .32S&W, .32S&W-L, .32H&R, .32H&R Magnum all use the same dies (.32H&R is a BP round) - and no shotgun. Not worth it to me to buy the supplies for SG.
I do it all on a single-stage RCBS Partner. :)
 
GeoDudeFlorida said:
Wow! Now THAT'S variety!
I only load for 8 rifle and 27 pistol calibers, but most pistols are using the same die sets - ex: .32S&W, .32S&W-L, .32H&R, .32H&R Magnum all use the same dies (.32H&R is a BP round) - and no shotgun. Not worth it to me to buy the supplies for SG.
I do it all on a single-stage RCBS Partner. :)
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Quality not quantity. ;)
 
GeoDudeFlorida said:
Wow! Now THAT'S variety!
I only load for 8 rifle and 27 pistol calibers, but most pistols are using the same die sets - ex: .32S&W, .32S&W-L, .32H&R, .32H&R Magnum all use the same dies (.32H&R is a BP round) - and no shotgun. Not worth it to me to buy the supplies for SG.
I do it all on a single-stage RCBS Partner. :)
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Accumulated over time, and they do take quite a bit of bench space!

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I use "mounting blocks" based on the on the 900 Elite's foot print (largest) so I can move them to and fro...
 
whughett said:
Quality not quantity. ;)
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LOL!!! Yeah, well, I wish. Truth is I've never known anybody who used a progressive press and I only known three people who used turrets (one is my FiL who plans to stop reloading completely this year, sadly:( ). Most everyone I've ever known who reloaded used a single-stage or more correctly several single-stage presses. But I have no doubt the high-volume quasi-manufacturers who produce 100,000's of rounds a year for competition, clubs, such like that, NEVER make an imperfect cartridge and NEVER have. If it's run right and setup right, there's no reason a fully automated "ammo-plant" would ever make anything less. No, I am not being sarcastic, either. Some of these guys and gals have a $$quarter-million$$ "invested" in their hobby. I cant' see them accepting anything less than perfection.

Me? I put meat in the freezer and punch holes in things for fun once in a while. If I shoot six at 25yds, hit 2" high then 2" low, then miss the can four times in as row, I'm fine. :)
 
Chuck R. said:
Accumulated over time, and they do take quite a bit of bench space!

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I use "mounting blocks" based on the on the 900 Elite's foot print (largest) so I can move them to and fro...
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Sometimes I haul my "bench" out to the middle of the back lot and reload under the big oak stands. :)
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I started with a Herter's C press. Eventually got a Lee Turret, which didn't work out, threw it in the trash. Then got the Hornady LnL Progressive. Thought I'd keep the Herter's for those single step jobs but quickly realized that with the LnL, I had the equivalent of a single stage based on the dies inserted.

I'm pretty nimble with feeding brass and bullets so no feeders for either of those. Guess I'm a Simple Progressive.
 
Started with a LEE Breech Lock Challenger O-frame single stage press.
Last fall I picked up a LEE Auto Breech Lock PRO progressive. I use it in its simplest form where I manually add a case, primer, powder and bullet. No automatic anything on it. I have only used it for 9mm so far. I still use the single stage for cast bullet sizing, brass bulge busting and loading anything other than 9mm.
 
My first was a tiny RCBS single stage. I added a Lyman turret at some point, then a Square Deal B. When I got serious about handgun competition I got a Dillon 1050. Various other presses came and went over the years. I've sold, traded, or given away almost all of them and am down to the SDB, a big Lee single stage for things like brass 12 gauge shells and the .416 Rigby, and my original old RCBS which still puts together my favorite handgun cartridges one at a time, just like it always has.
 
Most used; Forster Co-Ax. (!!)
Lee turret.
Old Pacific C press.
Lee Loaders.

But I own and occasionally use a C-H single stage mfg in the '50s and a Lee Load All
 
Armorer 101 said:
Learned the hard way, it is better to buy quality once than to buy cheap four times.
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WHY can't I "Like" that more than once?!

I learned when working on tractors as a kid, a quality machine/tool doesn't have to be expensive or fancy or new or the latest-greatest whizz-bang; it just has to do what it's designed to do every time you use it.
 
I guess I'm between a "mass production" and "simple" progressive. My Dillon 1100 came with a case feeder and I added a bullet feeder. So it's not simple, but it's not motorized, so I don't consider it mass production. But I sure like it and it can turn out a lot of bullets in a short amount of time.
 
GeoDudeFlorida
I learned when working on tractors as a kid, a quality machine/tool doesn't have to be expensive or fancy or new or the latest-greatest whizz-bang; it just has to do what it's designed to do every time you use it.[/QUOTE]
I totally agree---with tools and firearms (S&W revolvers and 1911s).
 
GeoDudeFlorida said:
WHY can't I "Like" that more than once?!

I learned when working on tractors as a kid, a quality machine/tool doesn't have to be expensive or fancy or new or the latest-greatest whizz-bang; it just has to do what it's designed to do every time you use it.
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For some reason I can't like it at all. I'm trying to apply a like, the like button is just not working right now. ODD! I'll try rebooting.
 
Lee Classic Turret and Lee Auto Breech Lock Pro. I may try and get another if my wife agrees.

Maybe or then again maybe not!!!
 
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