thomas15
Member
I asked for and received a LNL-AP for Christmas 2014 from my wife. At the time I had plenty of ammo ready to go and I wanted to make a dedicated bench and purchase a bunch of LNL-AP add-on items to make handloading more fun and efficient.
I spent a lot of time reading about this press before and after getting it. Once I had the press in my grubby little hands I began to have second thoughts because I was reading a lot of the negative comments on the interwebs. I persisted however and built my bench.
Finally the day came when I had run out of excuses for keeping the press in the box. Labor day weekend, 2015, almost 9 months after receiving the press I set it up. I hardly used the instructions, just put it together. Within about 40 minutes of unboxing I was pulling the handle and have been doing so since then. Over 20K rounds no problems. Except I broke the plastic bracket that holds the wire for the primer shuttle. Replaced with the extra that comes with the press and Hornady sent me another for free. I like my press and would say that it doesn't live up to the negative impression some assign to it.
You do have to keep it clean and pay attention to what your doing but with mine, with every pull yields a round of ammo. Having said all that I don't like to make purchase recommendations. I'm simply giving a true picture of my experience with the press. Also to each his own but I personally would not be happy with a progressive press that I couldn't prime on.
I spent a lot of time reading about this press before and after getting it. Once I had the press in my grubby little hands I began to have second thoughts because I was reading a lot of the negative comments on the interwebs. I persisted however and built my bench.
Finally the day came when I had run out of excuses for keeping the press in the box. Labor day weekend, 2015, almost 9 months after receiving the press I set it up. I hardly used the instructions, just put it together. Within about 40 minutes of unboxing I was pulling the handle and have been doing so since then. Over 20K rounds no problems. Except I broke the plastic bracket that holds the wire for the primer shuttle. Replaced with the extra that comes with the press and Hornady sent me another for free. I like my press and would say that it doesn't live up to the negative impression some assign to it.
You do have to keep it clean and pay attention to what your doing but with mine, with every pull yields a round of ammo. Having said all that I don't like to make purchase recommendations. I'm simply giving a true picture of my experience with the press. Also to each his own but I personally would not be happy with a progressive press that I couldn't prime on.