RCBS Turret Press to buy, or not to buy

[anothernewb]

local store is clearancing out RCBS turret presses. I can get the press for $120, and the whole turret reloading kit for $230.

I have a full compliment of gear already, but really trying to decide if I should jump on the Turret. just because, well, it's a turret! not to mention a heck of a deal. Bet I could darn near buy the kit and sell off the other parts and end up with the press for nearly nothing.

I probably load and shoot 100 rounds of 308 and 250 rounds of 223 a year. the rest of the stuff is pistol that I load on my SDB.

 

[2011redrider]

189 and 372 on sale at Midway right now, sounds too good to pass up!

 

[ArchAngelCD]

What are you using now? $120 is a very good price I would find hard to pass on.

 

[anothernewb]

I know. It's a steal. But I've got a rock chucker, a lyman crusher II and a SDB sitting on the bench as it is.

 

[Jesse Heywood]

I bought my turret in 2008.I have had some problems with it, and have fixed most. Read these threads for most of the issues.

http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=572072
http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=708579
http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=781686
http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=792773
http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=550380
http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=708114
http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=575294
http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=614750

Not mentioned are two more problems. The primer feed works, but needs a lot of fine tuning. Also, there is not enough clearance between the turret head and the frame for the drop tube of the Uniflow powder measure. You can't rotate the measure past the frame, which isn't the end of the world. I finally cut a notch down into the R.

All said, at the price, I would buy another. All my life I have been buying something, then making improvements.

 

[rjbmjb]

A lot of reloaders don't think you can have too many presses, but I am running out of room to mount them

I bought the RCBS turret for loading rifle (I have a LNL progressive for pistol). I like the convenience of switching dies without having to unscrew one before putting another in the press.

Even though I am very close to having too many presses, I would buy another for $120- that is a great deal.

 

[cfullgraf]

Generally, I feel there is little value in spending a premium price fo a turret press. The dollars could go for other reloading goodies.

But, for those prices, I'd indulge in a turret.

 

[gwpercle]

If you're like me , a press junkie , a good press, brand new and at a great price is hard to pass up.
Now it's true , you only need one , my first was a Lyman Spartan, but over the years , a Pacific Super Deluxe C , two Lee presses , an Eagle 300 " 3 in 1 "press , a Savage model 730 "straight eight" press , and lastly is a Lyman All American Turret. Why did I get that turret....because I didn't have one ! And it was cheap!
Just buy it ...you will find a good use for it, trust me.

Unrepentant press and bullet mould junkie,
Gary

 

[Shaq]

If I were thinking about a turret press, I'd get the Redding. I played with one & I couldn't believe how rigid the turret was - felt like I could have stood on it without it moving.

 

[Patocazador]

If I were thinking about a turret press, I'd get the Redding. I played with one & I couldn't believe how rigid the turret was - felt like I could have stood on it without it moving.

Plus it has 7 holes vs. 6 for the RCBS.

 

[Woolecox]

If I were thinking about a turret press, I'd get the Redding. I played with one & I couldn't believe how rigid the turret was - felt like I could have stood on it without it moving.

Could not agree more. Would not even consider an RCBS press unless it was one of the older ones made in the USA.

Redding is top notch.

 

[9mmepiphany]

i looked very hard at getting a turret press, before finally settling on a progressive.

My research found that, the turret press offerings are very interesting in that the good values are at opposite ends of the price spectrum.

At one end was the Lee Classic (Cast) Turret (LCT) press and at the other was the Redding T-7.

The LCT is a very affordable entry level and has some unique features.

The T-7 offers precision machining and mating of it's surfaces to rival a single stage press

 

[fguffey]

I have two turrets, one is a 6 position Herter and the other is a lyman that uses 310 dies. I do not use the Lyman but I paid $10.00 for the Herter because the antique shop in Needles, California did not know what it was and the owner of the store picked it up one day and thought he was going to need help unsnapping that chunk of iron from his fingers. When I picked it up he said nothing; no warning, it was about that time he asked me what it was used for. If I thought the old Herter flexed because it was a turret I would use a better lube.

F. Guffey