7.65browning
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Hi All,
As the title says I'm in the market for a new reloading press and I have narrowed my search down to two options: Lee Value Turret Press or Lee Auto Breech Lock Pro. Long story short, I'm in Europe and our selection of brands is limited and prices are astronomical compared to US prices so Lee is the brand I need to stick with for now. Some background and expected use:
Currently I use a single stage to load both rifle and pistol cartridges. For rifle I'm fine, but for pistol it takes me upwards of 3 hours to churn out 100 rounds which is way to much effort for the number of rounds to make me happy with reloading.No doubt the fact that I prime off the press has an effect on my time but I just can't get primers to seat deep enough on the press. I also have difficulty with finding a reliable powder dispenser. I use a very fine ball powder for my pistol rounds, and all powder measures I tried leak and show inconsistency of up to 0.5 grains per charge.
So I'm looking for a press that could speed up my reloading sufficiently to compensate for the above factors. I'm looking to be able to do 200-400 rounds of pistol ammo per week, and be able to do it in under 2 hours for 200 rounds.
Any opinions on which press I should choose would be greatly appreciated. I already have a lot of reloading stuff so the turret press would be usable out of the box. I would need to get shell plates for the progressive and I'm also not sure how easy it is to remove sized cases for priming from the progressive press.
I would also welcome any suggestions for a powder measure that can handle very fine grain powder. I was looking at the RCBS Little Dandy but I'm not sure if any of the rotors would throw the correct charge with my powder and if it would leak or not.
Thanks in advance,
Tom
As the title says I'm in the market for a new reloading press and I have narrowed my search down to two options: Lee Value Turret Press or Lee Auto Breech Lock Pro. Long story short, I'm in Europe and our selection of brands is limited and prices are astronomical compared to US prices so Lee is the brand I need to stick with for now. Some background and expected use:
Currently I use a single stage to load both rifle and pistol cartridges. For rifle I'm fine, but for pistol it takes me upwards of 3 hours to churn out 100 rounds which is way to much effort for the number of rounds to make me happy with reloading.No doubt the fact that I prime off the press has an effect on my time but I just can't get primers to seat deep enough on the press. I also have difficulty with finding a reliable powder dispenser. I use a very fine ball powder for my pistol rounds, and all powder measures I tried leak and show inconsistency of up to 0.5 grains per charge.
So I'm looking for a press that could speed up my reloading sufficiently to compensate for the above factors. I'm looking to be able to do 200-400 rounds of pistol ammo per week, and be able to do it in under 2 hours for 200 rounds.
Any opinions on which press I should choose would be greatly appreciated. I already have a lot of reloading stuff so the turret press would be usable out of the box. I would need to get shell plates for the progressive and I'm also not sure how easy it is to remove sized cases for priming from the progressive press.
I would also welcome any suggestions for a powder measure that can handle very fine grain powder. I was looking at the RCBS Little Dandy but I'm not sure if any of the rotors would throw the correct charge with my powder and if it would leak or not.
Thanks in advance,
Tom