Sweet! You’ll have that for a lifetime.what do ya think? ok for starting out? got it for $50
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But! Look at all the free publicity you’re paying them back with! The folks at RCBS aren’t fools. They know how people feel about their gear and they take care to make sure their customers are happy. That’s just smart business.Clean it up, anything that maybe to rusty and pitted rcbs will hook you up on parts they have. I rebuilt on last year and they sent most things I needed without asking, they offered a new ram but didn't take one since I was starting to feel bad all the free parts they gave me.
Ya it works for them, better then spending all there money on advertising and such, one day I may get the new ram but I wanted to try this one out just haven't loaded with it yet to see if there's any weird run out from the pitting on the ram. I did add a grease zerk for the ram and it feels pretty smooth now.But! Look at all the free publicity you’re paying them back with! The folks at RCBS aren’t fools. They know how people feel about their gear and they take care to make sure their customers are happy. That’s just smart business.
The wavy washer is a spring washer or Bellville to take up slack and slop.Ya it works for them, better then spending all there money on advertising and such, one day I may get the new ram but I wanted to try this one out just haven't loaded with it yet to see if there's any weird run out from the pitting on the ram. I did add a grease zerk for the ram and it feels pretty smooth now.
I think rcbs will give you the newer handle for older presses you have to drill out the old 1/2" hole to 9 /16" I believe . Those wavy washers on the pivet make a big difference so ask for some of those to.
Good one. It will outlast you.what do ya think? ok for starting out? got it for $50
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Clean it up, anything that maybe to rusty and pitted rcbs will hook you up on parts they have. I rebuilt on last year and they sent most things I needed without asking, they offered a new ram but didn't take one since I was starting to feel bad all the free parts they gave me.
Good points here. The one “weak spot” of the RC-series presses is the primer handling. Having the spent primers drop through a port in the side is annoying. A through-the-ram or through-the-base system is much better. The press-mounted primer swing-arm is also annoying and inefficient. Using a dedicated hand-priming or bench-priming tool is much faster and easier to manage. That’s not to say the RC-series priming tools don't work, they’re just not as good as other systems. I deprime off-press using either a Lee Hand Press or a Lee APP, both with Universal depriming dies. For really small lots, I break out the Lee Loader and a brass mallet and just pop out the spent primers before hand-cleaning the cases.Rcbs makes the best single stage presses out there. Many of the guys started with the RCBS Rockchucker press and moved on to either a turret press or a progressive press but still use thier single stage RCBS press.
RCBS HAS THE VERY BEST CUSTOMER SERVICE OUT THERE.
Most of the reloading equipment I buy is used and I have a lot of used reloading equipment.
I have bought a lot of used RCBS reloading dies. Some with issues
If they have a bent stem of missing parts RCBS will mail you what ever you need free of charge and ship it on thier dime.
If you have any questions on any of thier products they will talk to you about it.
For priming I use the hand priming tools if only reloading small amounts of cartridges.
If I will be priming more then twenty cartridges I use my bench prime tool.
Welcome to the reloading rabbit hole.