AZAndy
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Do what?...bit on a turret you are just don't ng 1 thank ng at a time per stroke.
Do what?...bit on a turret you are just don't ng 1 thank ng at a time per stroke.
The Lee Classic Turret press can still be had for under $100 so it's not more expensive than a quality single stage press. Turrets cost only $10 so having one for each cartridge you load for is easy to do. Having the dies ready to go and already adjusted is a very good feature. Even though you need to pull the handle 4x times not handling the case saves plenty of time and it's hard to double charge a case on an auto-indexing press. For the price there are plenty of advantages but I'm also not saying a good single stage press isn't needed. I have both.Personally, I cannot understand the draw of a turret press. It costs more money and really does not give much advantages over a single stage press. The auto index on the Lee turret press has some advantage but you are still pulling the handle four or five times to make one cartridge. Lots of folks like turrets though..
Not that there's anything wrong with batch processing.
Welcome to the forum!I own a 1973 RCBS JR 3 I also own a Hornady LNL love them both
thewelshm
the LCT has a Rube Goldberg priming system
Sometimes it is also just a matter of personal style. I used Lee Pro-1000 and never got used to monitoring multiple simultaneous operations. I ended every loading session a nervous wreck.I've also wondered what the advantage is of a turret.
Good points, but at the risk of sounding like a Hornady Fan boy...which I'm not, you need to take that $389 and subtract the $177 in free bullets and you end up with $212 for the press, accessories and 500 bullets...quite a bargain...Jake, I was thinking the same thing as in my opinion the mechanism that rotates the turret doesn't look robust enough to me at least. But having spent the time responding and reading this thread it seems as if the OP had his mind made up at the start and was looking for enough support to go shopping.
Personally I really don't care one way or the other and I'm sure you don't either but lately over the numerous forums I participate in it seems like the Lee people are trying to out Dillon the Dillon people.
Well I shouldn't be so hard on anyone because at one time I was convinced that a turret press was a huge time saver over a single stage for pistol also. Again in a little over a year I punched out 15k mostly 9mm on one but at the halfway point I realized that I was either going to teach my brother and son to reload or get a progressive.
Looking at the retail price it's not hard understand, at midsouth you can buy:
LCT $114.43
LnL-AP $389.00
All the hand wringing over $35.00 for a shell plate when the LCT has a Rube Goldberg priming system that costs as much as a shell plate but hey what ever makes the individual happy is all that matters.
And if handloader A wants to think that using a slow press makes them a superior to handloader B because they are craftsman and the progressive handloader simply a slug wanting to make a lot of nose at the gun range should be asked to explain why most if not all the top shooters in USPSA, Steel Challange, IDPA, NRA Bullseye, ICORE, on and on handload on progressive presses.
Handloading is to many like a religion.
You're not : I had an unexpected problem and the money went from the press to the car.Stimovsky, sorry I'm late to the party.
You're not : I had an unexpected problem and the money went from the press to the car.
So I keep on reading posts and reviews.