Hornady Lock & Load conversions

[Picknlittle]

Anyone using Hornady L&N bushings and dies in RCBS or Dillon presses?
Is there a special die that goes with the bushing? I can't seem to find any useful info on Hornady's site.

TIA

 

[DEDON45]

The kit comes with a "female" bushing that screws into most single stage presses (the female bushing would NOT fit in a Dillon, or any other progressive or turret press that I can think of), like the Rock Chucker, Lee Classic Cast Press, older Pacific (Hornady) 07 or 007, Lyman single stage, etc. There are male bushings that you install on your dies, and you leave them on each one... after it's adjusted once, you just drop 'em in the mating bushing in the press and give them a 1/4 turn or so, and they lock in. Extra male bushings are pretty cheap, a 3 pack goes for around 10.00 or so online.

If you haven't bought a press yet, you can buy a single stage with this system pre-installed, the Hornady LnL classic... I just bought one, pretty hefty press. If you are looking at progressives, take a look at the Hornady LnL AP.

 

[Picknlittle]

Thanks. Don't progressives use the same dies as single stage? Why will they fit one and not the other?

 

[BigJakeJ1s]

Several single stage presses have a larger threaded die hole that comes with a threaded bushing to accept standard dies. Dillon and RCBS progressives don't have these oversize holes and bushings, and accept standard dies direclty. On presses that do, you remove the threaded bushing and replace it with the LNL adapter. Then it will accept dies fitted with the LNL bushings.

RCBS rockchucker, Redding Big Boss, Big Boss II and UltraMag, Hornady LNL classic, and Lee Classic Cast presses all will take the Hornady LNL adapter. And of course the Hornady LNL AP progressive.

Andy

 

[Picknlittle]

Gotcha! Thanks.