For 200 rounds a year, any of the cast "O" presses. I'd look for a Rock Chucker or Lee Classic Cast.Cartridges loaded will be mostly short action rounds. Probably loading 200 rounds a year. Nothing high volume, but looking for good quality reloads. All will be hunting loads.
I started out pistol reloading about 15 years with a Classic Turret and I’ll agree that the spent primer disposal system is flawless. However, the actual priming system on the new presses is complete garbage. The plastic Safety Prime system is cheap, flimsy junk now. And the amount of play in the turret head doesn’t inspire great confidence in consistency round to round for small batch rifle reloads. I’m not really interested in the Classic Turret for those reasons.Its kind of an auto indexing single stage, but 1000% my pick would be a Lee turret press. It is an incredible time saver. Has the best primer handling system in the business for both priming cases and handling spent primers, and the ability to load all your dies in interchangeable turrets and to be able to complete a loaded round without taking it out of the shell holder is simply awesome.
Its kind of an auto indexing single stage, but 1000% my pick would be a Lee turret press. It is an incredible time saver. Has the best primer handling system in the business for both priming cases and handling spent primers, and the ability to load all your dies in interchangeable turrets and to be able to complete a loaded round without taking it out of the shell holder is simply awesome.
I started out pistol reloading about 15 years with a Classic Turret and I’ll agree that the spent primer disposal system is flawless. However, the actual priming system on the new presses is complete garbage. The plastic Safety Prime system is cheap, flimsy junk now. And the amount of play in the turret head doesn’t inspire great confidence in consistency round to round for small batch rifle reloads. I’m not really interested in the Classic Turret for those reasons.
Yeah, I've seen that. I like that he puts out a lot of videos, but he doesn't really have anything negative to say about any of the stuff he reviews. He didn't spend any time talking about the spent primer disposal system on any of the presses either. But I did watch the video to get a better idea of how all the presses operated. That's kind of how I narrowed down to the models listed here.Check out the reviews done by Ultimate Reloader. He does a pretty good job on what available currently.
Just in case you haven't seen this... seems to be data driven and pretty objective.If you had to pick one current production single stage press for rifle reloading, which would it be and why?
I bought a Rock Chucker Supreme and sold my 30 year-old Rockchucker when I got my 45-110 (2 7/8" case) Sharps. The "Supreme" is taller, which allows more room for those tall cases, and for my big, clumsy fingers and hands.If you had to pick one current production single stage press for rifle reloading, which would it be and why?
A couple of years ago I picked up a Lee Classic Cast from Midway for $117(with my birthday discount). That'll Do !
Kinda slow for handgun loads, but fine for rifle.
have you tried forming any brass with your mec, some reason in my head the floating shellholder may not be as good as fixed.MEC Marksman. Have used a Rockchucker, RCBS turret, Lee press and the marksman is the most rock solid press I have used.
In that case I would get the rcbs press that you get the better deal on. The rebel is supposed to be more heavy duty but you dont need that. If you find it cheaper than the rock chucker then grab it. The regular boss might be a better choice than the big boss which if you were loading magnums would have been first choice.Cartridges loaded will be mostly short action rounds. Probably loading 200 rounds a year. Nothing high volume, but looking for good quality reloads. All will be hunting loads.
I didn't vote. Just provided what little information I could. I only have experience with 1 of the presses on the list.All it shows is who has what press as that is the way the vote goes.
Nevermindhave you tried forming any brass with your mec, some reason in my head the floating shellholder may not be as good as fixed.
No the shellholder can float round some, there a little spring to keep it centered. This does seem to help keeping everything straight for the few videos and Wright ups I've read.I thought the MEC Marksman had a fixed shellholder in a ram like all the others?