Hornady LNL AP price heads up

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In case you are looking for a LNL AP(I went ahead at this price)

Jet.com has them for 379.99(As does Amazon)
Using the code Scarymommy2015(I think today is the last day for this code)
Gets you 50 bucks off
Total comes out to 329.99 before tax with free shipping.
 
Tax for items only in these states:
Kansas, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, and Utah
 
Does the LNL AP come with any of the bushings?

What other items will I need to actually make it run and work??

I have all my dies and several single stage and turret press so I do not need the misc stuff. Just press related items.
 
Rule3 said:
Does the LNL AP come with any of the bushings?

What other items will I need to actually make it run and work??

I have all my dies and several single stage and turret press so I do not need the misc stuff. Just press related items.
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The press comes with a set of 5 bushings.

It's got pretty much everything except for dies and shell plates, as long as you don't consider a case feeder a requirement.

IIRC Dillon (except for the Square Deal B) comes with the tube assembly that you can fill ahead of time out of the box and only the motorized hopper portion is sold separately. With the Hornady you have to add the cases one at a time unless you purchase the whole electric case feeder setup.

I personally have been using mine without the case feeder and have been happy. It works very well for 9mm and .40. I've had a lot of problems loading .45 ACP on mine but I believe I may have a shell plate out of spec.
 
So I need a shell plate for every caliber I reload? They are like $30+ each. Other than that? I suppose extra primer tubes, I do not mind filling them

Guess I could get plated for just the main ones like 9mm and 45 acp, I shoot lots of calibers but do not need mass quantities of those,

Don't need a auto filler thing not a case feed or bullet feed.
 
Rule3 said:
So I need a shell plate for every caliber I reload? They are like $30+ each. Other than that? I suppose extra primer tubes, I do not mind filling them

Guess I could get plated for just the main ones like 9mm and 45 acp, I shoot lots of calibers but do not need mass quantities of those,

Don't need a auto filler thing not a case feed or bullet feed.
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Yeah, shell plates are effectively just like shellholders but specialized for a particular press.

Truthfully the only ones I keep are 9mm, .40, .45, and I've technically got one for .308/.30-06/etc rifle loads.

The press is aggravating enough to reconfigure from one load to the next though that it's been setup for my .40 S&W competition load for close to a year without me monkeying with it :). Anything besides that I just do on the single stage.

If I ever got back into shooting 9mm in volume again I'd probably setup a 2nd press for it.
 
Man I bought mine two weeks ago and paid $367.00 which I think was good, but man that is smoking hot at 329. Jet.com won't credit me the difference, unlike amazon which I have never had a problem with when this happens.
 
You were the one who turned me onto Jet.com, I have just been lurking. I am not sure what Jet's policy is but I bought it over the weekend and they gave me some credit(I bought it on Friday.) They did it with very little hesitation.
 
Rule3 said:
Guess I could get plated for just the main ones like 9mm and 45 acp, I shoot lots of calibers but do not need mass quantities of those,
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You're going to want bushings for all the dies of the most commonly loaded calibers...to really take advantage of the quick change abilities of the LNL.

I think they are priced at $7 each, but I get them from Amazon, in the conversion pack, and they price out at $4 each...plus you have the conversion bushing.

I have them on my 9mm, .40, and .38spl dies and it only takes a few moments to change between calibers...since the settings aren't changing and they all take SPP. I am using the same powder in all three and just install a different insert in the powder measure drum
 
You don't even have to buy extra bushings if you don't want. You can just leave them in the press and screw your dies in and out like a conventional press.

Just as an experiment I loaded 1000 9mm rounds using the 40/10mm shell plate and it worked without incident. I had to occasionally wiggle a case just a bit to get the primer lined up, but I didn't crush any primers or stick a case in a die.

I thought I got a good deal at $389 but $329 is fantastic. Does that come with the 500 free bullets?
 
I just checked amazon.com price for the Hornady lnl is still $379.99 for prime members. The availability is zero at the moment. If you buy it at the price listed for prime members, amazon will ship you the item when it becomes available.
 
Shipping delayed for months at $379

Unfortunately, the Amazon $379 price is only good if you want to wait for 1-3 months for delivery.

Regards/sbw
 
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