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I proposed the following in a thread with GW Starr, but I thought I would bring it up to a wider audience for comment.
I am thinking about re-loading and I think I want separate seating and crimping stations, potential for a bullet feed station, and a powder check station of some kind. Since that is 4 stations, I don't think a 5 station press is what I want.
One option is to go with an RCBS Rock Chucker Pro 7 or a Lee 6 station press (I forget the name).
The other option I have thought of is a single stage press for sizing/decapping and an RCSB Auto Priming Tool, followed by a 5 station press set up:
Station 1: Expand/Powder Charge
Station 2: Powder Check (DAA Magnetic Powder Check, RCBS Powder Cop, or something like that)
Station 3: Bullet Feed
Station 4: Bullet Seating
Station 5: Bullet Crimping
This would also give me some flexibility to ultrasonically clean the primer pockets after decapping before priming.
My motivation for the RCBS Auto Priming Tool is that from what I can tell, priming is often the most finicky step on a progressive press there are fixes for al of the issues, but when there is an issue on a progressive, it often seems to involve priming.
I think that I could size/decap a whole lot of brass in an evening and throw it in the ultrasonic cleaner, and the next evening prime it all. Then it would be ready to go for the progressive.
I am thinking about re-loading and I think I want separate seating and crimping stations, potential for a bullet feed station, and a powder check station of some kind. Since that is 4 stations, I don't think a 5 station press is what I want.
One option is to go with an RCBS Rock Chucker Pro 7 or a Lee 6 station press (I forget the name).
The other option I have thought of is a single stage press for sizing/decapping and an RCSB Auto Priming Tool, followed by a 5 station press set up:
Station 1: Expand/Powder Charge
Station 2: Powder Check (DAA Magnetic Powder Check, RCBS Powder Cop, or something like that)
Station 3: Bullet Feed
Station 4: Bullet Seating
Station 5: Bullet Crimping
This would also give me some flexibility to ultrasonically clean the primer pockets after decapping before priming.
My motivation for the RCBS Auto Priming Tool is that from what I can tell, priming is often the most finicky step on a progressive press there are fixes for al of the issues, but when there is an issue on a progressive, it often seems to involve priming.
I think that I could size/decap a whole lot of brass in an evening and throw it in the ultrasonic cleaner, and the next evening prime it all. Then it would be ready to go for the progressive.