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quick question for you all, I am thinking about a dedicated
press for 40 s&w I reload others but have a redding press
as well, I shoot 40 s&w the most by far , so here is the
question I seen the lee deluxe turret press kit on sell
under $130 how would this work, will not deprime or prime
on this press just to load up.
or should I just wait and get the classic model
 
Changing dies is easy on a single stage, so the turret doesn't get you much over a single stage. And, the turrets you mention have very long throw, whereas the .40 is definitely a short throw round. Gonna wear out your arm for nothing. I'd recommend a basic, simple, single-stage press. Like the RCBS Partner Press.
Oh, depriming separately is just an unneeded extra step. I just deprime with the sizer die for everything. Have fun.
 
I'd definitely go with a square deal B for a dedicated press, save up your money for this, I know I'm going to.
 
Do what Jim Watson has said, save for a Dillon press.

You have spent how much on a 40 S&W hand gun, now is not the time to get cheap.
 
Two of my progressive reloading presses are dedicated, one for 9mm-Luger and the other 45ACP.
 
To answer your question, for dedicated pistol cartridge loading, I would go with the Deluxe since it has a shorter stroke than the Classic and you don't need the Auto Prime gizmo if you're going to prime off press anyway. But, if you ever plan to load rifle cartridges, I'd go with the Classic for the additional room. As for the kit, I'd recommend pricing whatever parts of the kit that you actually need separately and compare with the kit price. I would think that you already have a scale and a loading manual?
 
A dedicated press for your high output ammo is a wise move. It saves a lot of time and makes reloading more enjoyable.
But warning, it is infectious. I now several dedicated presses!
 
Depending on how much you shoot- if you're a volume shooter, then I'll go out on the limb and second the progressive pres suggestion. I once sat down to load 1,000 rounds of 45 one day. even with the brass partially prepped, 11 hours later I put in an order for a dillon. best move that day.

However, a progressive is a heck of an investment. if 500 rounds or so will last you months -then a regular press will likely serve you fine.

Although let me also second a turret press. I got to use one once. it's a wonderful alternative step between single stage and progressive. also lets you use the majority of your existing equipment over going to a square deal B
 
I would say I shoot around 200 rounds of 40 a month,
I do also load once in a while some .357 and .223 but I
can use my redding single stage for those, was thinking one of those auto indexing turret press would work well for my
volume of shooting, you all are right about its becoming
an addiction from tumblers to presses its great fun for sure
:D
 
JO JO said:
I would say I shoot around 200 rounds of 40 a month,
I do also load once in a while some .357 and .223 but I
can use my redding single stage for those, was thinking one of those auto indexing turret press would work well for my
volume of shooting, you all are right about its becoming
an addiction from tumblers to presses its great fun for sure
:D
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The Lee Classic Turret press will also load your .223 ammo very well.

I can safely load 180 to 200 handgun rounds an hour on my Lee turret press and I load a lot of different cartridges. Each set of dies sit on their own turret which costs ~$10 and the changeover takes seconds. I think that press will serve you well...
 
+1 what ArchAngelCD said. I load 4 different handgun calibers and 3 different rifle calibers on my LCT and it works like a charm. Caliber change over is very quick and easy. I use a Lee classic cast single stage to size and deprime rifle brass but everything else happens on the LCT. 200 rounds a month is not enough volume to justify a progressive IMO, but if money is no object go for it. If somebody dropped a progressive on my doorstep I would use it.
 
+1 for Lee Classic Turret.

You can have one turret permanently setup for each of the calibers you reload.

Perfect for rifle calibers.

A post on this thread called for a Dillon, which for a few hundred rounds a month is overpriced overkill, unless you specifically want that make. From a quality perspective, the LCT is equal to Dillon.

If you decide to consider a progressive later on, keep in mind the Hornady LnL , it's far better value than any Dillon and equal quality in every respect.
 
I think I am going to with the classic as suggested and a set of Lee dies to work with the powder dispenser thanks
for all the advise
 
JO JO said:
I think I am going to with the classic as suggested and a set of Lee dies to work with the powder dispenser thanks
for all the advise
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You can save a bunch of money buying the kit offered by Kemph. If you do buy don't forget to add the upgrade at the bottom of the page for the PRO Auto-Disk. It's a much better powder measure for only a little more money. A set of dies are included, the riser and the Safety Prime System.
https://kempfgunshop.com//index.php...facturer_id=0&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=41
The price is not much cheaper than buying separately but it does make thing easy when ordering.
 
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I think you will be very happy with the Lee turrent. I love mine. I would go ahead and order an extra turrent or 2 (they are only about $10 ea) because you will probably want to move your .357 to the turrent press as well. Swapping the turrent head with the dies in it takes maybe 5 seconds, less if you hurry.
Swap the shell holder and set the disk maesure to the right disk and you could change to .357 in maybe say less than 5 minutes.

I do .223 on mine. IF you want to do .223 and use the disk measure you need the rifle porder charge die, which as I reall was about $15.
 
I bought a Pro Auto Disc for each of the three pistol calibers I load. Simple and quick to swap calibers. The Safety Prime is my favorite priming method too.
 
I'm very happy with my Hornady LNL and load 40, 357, 223 and others on it. If you don't want to spend the money on a progressive the Lee Turret is also a great press. A progressive press could load your monthly 40 expenditure in under an hour, so include set up and clean up.
 
Another question I have a Hornady die set and a fcd already would I only need the lee expander powder through die
 
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