I have a 1 month old RCBS turret press, Lee .45ACP carbide dies, new RCBS carbide .38/357 dies, a RCBS 505 scale and a Uniflow powder measure. I have a chance to inherite a Dillon square deal B press which I used to own. How much is a good asking price for all my RCBS equipment??
Press for sale, whats a good price??
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trickyasafox
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thats all pretty new equipment you got, my guess is you can recoup a lot of your investment. check ebay for prices, my guess is you could get 75-80%
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ocabj
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Honestly, I'd keep the RCBS turret press and use it as a secondary reloader. The Dillon is a great press, but it's nice to have another press setup for other reloading. IE: I have a Redding T-7 turret setup to load .45ACP and 9mm, while my RCBS Rockchucker with Hornady lock-n-load bushing adapters is designated for rifle calibers.
dmftoy1
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+1 on keeping the press. I find that I use my old single stage quite a bit when trying out a new caliber (before I invest in the dillon caliber conversions, etc.)
BigSlick
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+1
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db_tanker
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+1 again...
you can never have...well...you can always have TOO many presses...but a good turret press is somthing you need to hang onto.
you can never have...well...you can always have TOO many presses...but a good turret press is somthing you need to hang onto.
Mannlicher
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I believe I would keep it. The Square Deal will only load pistol bullets, and you might want to load for a rifle some day. I run a RockChucker, a Dillon Square Deal, and a Lyman turret press, on the same bench now.
caz223
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I sold my special-5, and bought a dillon 550.
If I had it to do over again, I'd have bought a Hornady lock n load AP, and screwed out the big bushing on the special-5, installed the hornady bushing system in it, and that way I'd be able to swap ANY stage of ANY caliber and do it single stage off the progressive.
Now the only way to speed up my system, and keep it simple is to buy another 550, a 550 case feeder, a poopload of toolheads configured just so, and another set of dies. For 10+ calibers.
That's too pricey. Oh well, live and learn.
Long story short, believe it or not, you'll always find a job for a single stage press.
If I had it to do over again, I'd have bought a Hornady lock n load AP, and screwed out the big bushing on the special-5, installed the hornady bushing system in it, and that way I'd be able to swap ANY stage of ANY caliber and do it single stage off the progressive.
Now the only way to speed up my system, and keep it simple is to buy another 550, a 550 case feeder, a poopload of toolheads configured just so, and another set of dies. For 10+ calibers.
That's too pricey. Oh well, live and learn.
Long story short, believe it or not, you'll always find a job for a single stage press.
JackOfAllTradesMasterAtNone
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Keep it if you can!
I've got a Dillon on one bench. Rockchucker on the other. Turret or not, it's nice to have another press available. Say a friend wants to learn to reload, he'll buy the dies, you'll be the good friend and teach, but is it worth switching the Dillon from your favorite pet settings? Now, the Dillon is one of the easiest to switch, but hey, You still want to teach a beginner on a single stage press. It's nice to have the rifle stuff on a different press. (yes, I know there are a lot of rifle cal's that will run through the Dillon...)
Unless you need the money, keep it. If you need the money, test Ebay.
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I've got a Dillon on one bench. Rockchucker on the other. Turret or not, it's nice to have another press available. Say a friend wants to learn to reload, he'll buy the dies, you'll be the good friend and teach, but is it worth switching the Dillon from your favorite pet settings? Now, the Dillon is one of the easiest to switch, but hey, You still want to teach a beginner on a single stage press. It's nice to have the rifle stuff on a different press. (yes, I know there are a lot of rifle cal's that will run through the Dillon...)
Unless you need the money, keep it. If you need the money, test Ebay.
-Steve
mapwd, pard;
I suspect you're getting the drift by now, but I'll pile on too, and say you should keep your existing press, at least.
My bench hosts a Rockchucker, a Lyman All-American turret press, and a Dillon 550B. The turret press gets the vast majority of my "business", the Dillon is used for big batches, and the Rockchucker for a variety of 'specialized jobs'.
I haven't actually loaded a complete round on the single-stage press in many years, but I'd still hate to be without it. The turret press would be the last to go, if I had to cut down.
I suspect you're getting the drift by now, but I'll pile on too, and say you should keep your existing press, at least.
My bench hosts a Rockchucker, a Lyman All-American turret press, and a Dillon 550B. The turret press gets the vast majority of my "business", the Dillon is used for big batches, and the Rockchucker for a variety of 'specialized jobs'.
I haven't actually loaded a complete round on the single-stage press in many years, but I'd still hate to be without it. The turret press would be the last to go, if I had to cut down.
I have a Lee single stage I am keeping for secondary press. I am not a long gun fan, just handguns. I loved my Dillon SDB thats why I am going for that again(had to sell my last one,needed the $$). I just dont see the advantage of a turret over the single stage I already have in storage. Thought it would be a lot faster.
mapwd said:
Most handloaders I've met seem to think a turret press is just a place to conveniently store already-adjusted dies. They still process ALL the brass through a single step, and then click the turret to bring up the next die, and again, process ALL the cases through that next step, etc. etc.
The way to run a turret press efficiently is to put a case in the shellholder, and LEAVE it there until it has been processed to the completely-loaded condition. Size it, click the turret to the expander die or the powder measure which is MOUNTED IN THE TURRET, and so on until the bullet is seated and the cartridge is complete.
Lyman and RCBS powder measures are both threaded 7/8"x14tpi, same as the loading dies, and are easily installed in the turret.
Although speed is definitely of secondary importance when compared to safety, I find that my production rate on the A-A turret is about 150 rounds per hour, and that is FAR greater than I ever managed on the single-stages. There are no safety compromises, either.
Another thing I like is that once I get started with a run on the turret press, I immediately have loaded rounds coming off the press, not a bunch of half-processed cases after an hour's work or more.
JackOfAllTradesMasterAtNone
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"The way to run a turret press efficiently is to put a case in the shellholder, and LEAVE it there until it has been processed to the completely-loaded condition. Size it, click the turret to the expander die or the powder measure which is MOUNTED IN THE TURRET, and so on until the bullet is seated and the cartridge is complete. "
My Dillon 450 is just an upside down Turret press. Sorta, but yes, Having had a Lyman turret press once, this is the correct way to load efficiently and faster than single stage.
There's a lot of uses for a turret press on a bench, even if it's not the one to do the business jobs. Personally my Dillon does every step for my hand gun calibers. But the Rockchucker is there for the special jobs. Same as I'd do with a turret press. Still, I'd save the magnum rifle jobs for the RC.
-Steve
My Dillon 450 is just an upside down Turret press. Sorta, but yes, Having had a Lyman turret press once, this is the correct way to load efficiently and faster than single stage.
There's a lot of uses for a turret press on a bench, even if it's not the one to do the business jobs. Personally my Dillon does every step for my hand gun calibers. But the Rockchucker is there for the special jobs. Same as I'd do with a turret press. Still, I'd save the magnum rifle jobs for the RC.
-Steve
+1 on what BruceB said. The reason I used and enjoyed my old Lyman Spar-T for so many years is that I employed it exactly as he describes: size die in first hole, size & deprime; use the Spar-T's automatic primer feed in an empty second hole in the turret; Lyman #55 powder measure mounted in the third hole, drop powder; expander die in the fourth hole, expand case mouth; seat/crimp die in fifth hole, round done....and the case never left the shellholder. It was no progressive, but a very efficient way to reload.
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