Lyman All-American 8 Turret Press

[Olympus]

I just got one of these for Christmas this year. I wanted a dedicated press for rifle calibers only and I just felt like I couldn't beat it for the price. I got it all mounted up and I have to say that I'm fairly impressed. It's hell-built for stout, that's for sure! That thing is a beast! The linkage and ram needed a good bit of oiling in order to get everything moving smoothly, but after oiling it's smooth as silk. I like that I can use my Lee shell holders too. One complaint that I have read is that people don't like that the priming system is right in front because it's in the way of loading cases. But for me, I have always loaded my cases from the left side on all my other presses, single stage and turret alike, so it doesn't bother me in the least. I have not tried the priming system yet, so I can't comment on that part. I was able to load up the turret with 243 and 270 dies and was able to put on the Lee Quick Trim dies for both calibers too! So I can resize/deprime in station 1 then move to station 2 and use the Quick Trim die to trim,chamber, and debur on the same press at the same time. Comes in pretty handy. I'll try to update after I've had a chance to load a few rounds, but so far I'm fairly impressed especially considering the price tag.

 

[Patocazador]

so far I'm fairly impressed especially considering the price tag.

If you don't mind telling, what was the price?

 

[ArchAngelCD]

Sorry to say but it looks like the Redding T-7 press +1. It's almost a clone and for what, 8 holes on a $60 turret plate?

IMO the LCT press is as good or better because it takes only seconds to change $10-$12 turrets and the LCT press has auto-indexing capabilities.

Good luck with your new press. My opinion means nothing if it fits your needs. That's why there are so many presses available to us!

 

[Olympus]

If you don't mind telling, what was the price?

Price is $180 at Cabelas.

 

[Olympus]

Sorry to say but it looks like the Redding T-7 press +1. It's almost a clone and for what, 8 holes on a $60 turret plate?

IMO the LCT press is as good or better because it takes only seconds to change $10-$12 turrets and the LCT press has auto-indexing capabilities.

Good luck with your new press. My opinion means nothing if it fits your needs. That's why there are so many presses available to us!

Yes, it’s essentually a Redding T7 with one more station but for a lot less money.

It’s funny you should mention the LCT as I have one of those also and that is what this Lyman is replacing. The priming system on the newer LCTs is junk in my opinion. I got tired of fiddling with mine all the time, dropping primers on the floor, and having bridged primers in the hopper. I’ve got a Dillon that I use for high volume reloading so I’m only using the Lyman for rifle calibers, typically small batches where I’m weighing every single charge. The LCT won’t be any faster than the Lyman for my purposes.

 

[cheygriz]

Congratulations. Excellent tool from an old line company well known for quality.

 

[9mmepiphany]

The Lyman AA-8 looks like a big improvement over the old T-Mag

I'm interested in hearing how it runs. I've handled the Redding T-7 and was very impressed at the tight tolerances and the built-in allowance for turret tilt

 

[markr6754]

The Lyman AA-8 looks like a big improvement over the old T-Mag
I'm interested in hearing how it runs. I've handled the Redding T-7 and was very impressed at the tight tolerances and the built-in allowance for turret tilt

Sorry to respond to an 11 month thread. Seems this thread died with still unanswered questions. I have just set mine up and spent some time with it, so thought I’d throw 2c in.

I decapped well over 800 rounds this weekend. No issues...much easier than my Hornady LNL, but that could be perception, as I installed a new bench. It totally changed the angle of operation, and I made my way through the cases without getting tired of getting a sore back.

Tonight I sized, expanded, and primed 100 9mm cases. Smooth as silk...problems with priming the first 50 cases purely my fault. I loaded the small pistol primers into the large primer tube. It holds 50 primers at a time. The 2nd batch went extremely well...no more flipped primers, and only one went in sideways, and I couldn’t salvage it.

It was my first time using multiple dies on the press. That was a nice treat. The turret rotates easily, yet it has positive stop at each station - no hunting for the proper position for the die. I had a much better feel for the priming than with my Hornady press.

All in all, I’m happy that I chose it, and even happier that I’ve finally set it up. I still need to do bullet seating and crimping operations on this press. I’m planning to attempt that tomorrow.