Cheap secondary press

[VrockTDSaz]

I'm soliciting recommendations for a cheap (under $100) press to supplement my Hornady LnL-AP. I just need something I can set up to resize bulged .40, decap and swag crimped primers, and other stuff I'm sure will come up.

I see that Lee has one for $30, but it worry that it may be too flimsy.

 

[il.bill]

I use a Lee Challenger single-stage press. It was quite economical and works great for me.

 

[Sam1911]

Yeah the Lee Challenger "O" style press is about perfect for the role. Nothing cheaper, at anything like comparative quality.

 

[billybob44]

Go with a RockChucker..

http://www.ebay.com/itm/USED-RCBS-R...ultDomain_0&hash=item46147775f7#ht_869wt_1018

^^^One like this will outlast your Grand Kids. I have one that I bought new in 1971, and still going strong. I do NOT like the RC SUPREME!! To me it is a lot cheaper made+very rough in operation in comparison to the old RockChucker model.

 

[VrockTDSaz]

I appreciate the suggestions. I've narrow it down to the lee challenger or the RCBS partner.

 

[2 Horse]

I'm soliciting recommendations for a cheap (under $100) press to supplement my Hornady LnL-AP. I just need something I can set up to resize bulged .40, decap and swag crimped primers, and other stuff I'm sure will come up.

I see that Lee has one for $30, but it worry that it may be too flimsy.

I have one and use it for anything I don't want to run through my turret.

Don't let the price fool ya, Lee will replace it if anything go wrong with it

 

[rg1]

Not a fan of the Partner press but in the Lee line I'd go with the Lee Classic Cast press at less than $100 ($93) here:
http://www.midsouthshooterssupply.com/item.asp?sku=0000690999
Here's the best deal I see for a top of the line press:
http://www.midsouthshooterssupply.com/item.asp?sku=0007672100

 

[BYJO4]

Virtually any press will do what you are wanting. Lee will be the least expensive.

 

[DeadFlies]

I have one of those cheap aluminum Lee presses and I resize 30-30 and 30-06 brass with it regularly; I'm sure it'll handle your pistol brass with ease.

 

[mike.h]

yep, using the Lee Challenger as a secondary. Works fine

 

[gunlaw]

If the $30 press is the Lee Reloader get it. I have used one for more than 20 years with no problems.

 

[Hondo 60]

I use a Lee Challenger single-stage press. It was quite economical and works great for me.

That was my first press & I still use it on a semi-regular basis.
It costs a bit because you use bushings, but once the bushing is set, you never have to adjust the die again.
I have a universal decapping die & my rifle sizing dies in bushings.

They've saved me many hours.

 

[rcmodel]

I have one of the little Lee Reloader presses I had intended to use with a dedicated depriming die.

It's been in the reloading junque box since I bought it and tried to use it.

But it is just too darn small to get your hand and a case in it at the same time.

Go big, or go home!
A proper single-stage press is a lifetime investment, and it's only penny's a month over your lifetime for the best of them.




rc

 

[DeadFlies]

I have one of the little Lee Reloader presses...

But it is just too darn small to get your hand and a case in it at the same time.


rc

Baloney.

Unless you are built like Lurch and are trying to reload huge rifle cases I really don't see how a person can't get their fingers and a case in there. Unless you aren't really trying because you have other, better options.

Again, I've had no problems doing 30-30, 30-06, 9mm or .45 on mine.

 

[VrockTDSaz]

Went with the Lee Challenger, I'll let you know how it goes. Ordered from Midsouth Shooters

 

[ArchAngelCD]

IMO the Lee Classic Cast single stage press is the best choice for the money. It's extremely strong and will serve you well and not for resizing only, even for loading small batches of rifle ammo when developing loads. I own and use a RCBS Rockchucker and it's a great press but if I were looking for a press under $100 the Lee Classic Cast press would be it. I'm not a fan of the Challenger presses.

 

[jmorris]

I have one of the little Lee Reloader presses I had intended to use with a dedicated depriming die.

It's been in the reloading junque box since I bought it and tried to use it.

OP, I think I found you a press. Almost never used and should be cheap...

 

[jcwit]

No one mentioned "Smart Reloader". LOL

 

[ares338]

I have an RCBS RS2 set up for that purpose and a Lee single stage also.

 

[Offfhand]

Check eBay. Usually there are good brand (RCBS, Pacific, hornady, CH, etc.) used presses listed that can be had for well under a hundred bucks.

 

[Ken70]

Went with the Lee Challenger, I'll let you know how it goes. Ordered from Midsouth Shooters

It's so nice when somebody asks for a press recommendation and I don't have to see all the Windex drinkers screaming "Buy Blue"...probably because blue don't make a single stage press. But I rue the day when they do...

Challenger is a great press, not going to swage bullets on it, but works for everything short of that.

 

[HexHead]

Of those two, I'd go with the Partner.

I was in the same place you are a few months back. The Lee just felt really cheap to me. I tried to get a Partner, but they were difficult to find. My dealer ordered one for me, but didn't think he would get one, so I ended up getting a Rock Chucker he had in stock. The Partner showed up the following week.

In the end, I'm glad I got the RC. I'm doing more on it than I originally intended.

Seriously, get the Rock Chucker. You won't regret it.

 

[4895]

The Lee Reloader (cheapest option)

http://www.midwayusa.com/product/807734/lee-reloader-single-stage-press

The RCBS Partner (most celebrated)

http://www.midwayusa.com/product/403729/rcbs-partner-single-stage-press

I have a Lee Reloader press and it works great for pistol ammo. I can size 400+ pistol cases an hour with that press and I have x-large hands. I think the RCBS is better quality but I don't regret the Lee press for the $15 I spent on it.

 

[Rule3]

A few bucks less but you need to compare total with shipping.

http://www.natchezss.com/product.cfm?contentID=productDetail&prodID=LEE90998

 

[jmorris]

It's so nice when somebody asks for a press recommendation and I don't have to see all the Windex drinkers screaming "Buy Blue"...probably because blue don't make a single stage press. But I rue the day when they do.

I have more blue on and under the bench and out in the shop than anything else but none were "under $100). The closest are two SD's that ran $130 around 30 years ago and they wouldn't do what the OP wants anyway.