i bought a rcbs pro 2000 press today.

eastbank

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at a local flea market(raining lightly) i was offered a rcbs pro 2000 press in a large box with all acceseries, at a very good price and i bought it. any pro,s-con,s i should know about. not new to reloading and have owned and used hornady presses.
 
i know as i have gone down a few in the past. what i,m trying to find out, is should i sell it or get it all together, and in working order.
 
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Is the pro 2000 the 4 station progressive?
If so, rcbs no longer fully supports them for parts.

If that's the one, I just this weekend put mine into semi retirement. I upgraded to a Lee 6pack pro. Waaaay better.


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Nope not the press I have
 
The Pro 2000 uses a proprietary primer feeder system that uses preloaded primer strips that you insert into a slot on the press. CCI manufactured the preloaded “APS” strips until RCBS abandoned that design on their newer presses. Your alternatives now are to prime the cases with a hand primer separate from the press or buy an RCBS strip loader and some empty strips and load the strips yourself. If I didn’t already have a strip loader that came with my Pro 2000 when I bought it a few years ago, I would hand prime brass off the press. ymmv
 
Pro 2000’s came in 2 flavors…auto-indexing and manual indexing.
At one time you could buy the auto conversion kit ~$200. But not anymore.
Obviously the auto-indexing press is more expensive.
 
I have one. It's the auto index (I often disable it and use the manual index star), with the tube priming feature added. The APS (strip) priming works well (but needs to be precisely adjusted), and last I knew, RCBS still has parts for the machine.
 
I've got one. It's a love hate relationship. Once you run it a few times you'll be right. Mine is still as I got it from the factory yrs ago, APS strips. Yes they still have parts available, although I don't think RCBS still makes the die plates. There's a seller on ebay has some nice blue anodized ones for 55 or so.
It is a good unit, I've probably loaded 15k rounds or more on mine. Pay attention to the linkage fasteners on the powder measure while you use it, and check their tightness at the beginning of each session.
If you are using the APS feeder, watch your indexing on the shell plate and make sure you hear the strip "click" before pushing the ram forward to seat your primer. Failure to do so will damage the strip.
Also be advised the unit may not completely index the shell plate, you'll have to give it that last extra push forward. That's a good thing tho, as if you're loading short cases, the abrupt stop on the detention ball with make the powder fly out the cases.
I can honestly say I've about see it all with a Pro 2K, it does what I need it to do so I don't bother getting a blue one.
 
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