Hand Held Priming vs Press Priming

[Redneckly33]

I have tried it both ways, press and hand primers. It's like the Guy said, "whatever floats your boat". I see no advantages of disadvantages in either. If you use a progressive, why not use it all, you paid for it. Same with a Single stage, you bought the hand primer, why not use it..

 

[cfullgraf]

If you use a progressive, why not use it all, you paid for it.

Features such as priming on the press sells the progressive presses. It does not mean that it is the only way to reload on the progressive.

For me, the press mounted priming systems are not reliable enough or the inspection of priming process on the progressive is non-existent.

For decades, I resisted the urge to buy a progressive press because i felt they were not flexible enough to fit my preferred method of reloading. I felt that I was locked in to reloading from resizing to loaded round. I like to tumble after resizing.

i bought the Hornady L-N-L AP as a new toy to play with. After using my Hornady for two years, I am finding it is flexible enough for my loading needs. Not that the Dillon 650 could not do the same, but I am pleased with my progressive choice.

I get benefits from using a progressive press. Shear production volume is not one of them.

So, this floats my boat. I understand that you might get your reloading rocks off another way. It is great the reloading hobby is so flexible to suit just about everyone's needs.

 

[Walkalong]

The progressive is so flexible I load any amount on it. I loaded two .357's the other day. It was a iffy load, so I only wanted a couple of them. As suspected, they did not work well, so I was glad I had only loaded two. (In scrap brass) Now I have a really good idea where to go from there.