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First reloader, what is a good choice?
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<blockquote data-quote="Wachsmann" data-source="post: 725813" data-attributes="member: 10429"><p>If your looking to buy new stuff cabelas is running a sale or was running a sale on there RCBS complete package. Good time to buy...Christmas sales...For as the press I woud stick with RCBS, Hornedy, Redding, Dillion, or Foster mainly because of strength and long term use. I use a RCBS in a single stage and reload for 4 different calibers. I like the redding dies a tad bet better than the rcbs dies. I think they may pay a little more attention to percission. I have had 2 sets of RCBS that for some reason the decapping stem would not center no manner how hard I tried to re-align. I took them back and was refunded. I think it was the tension screw was not machined correctly. But not to totally knock RCBS because I have RCBS dies that I use constantlly with no issues. I have not tried the hornady dies but I have heard they work great as well. My only susgestion is to stay away from the alunimum Lee press. My bottom pin in the ram warped after the first year of use. I also was using a balance beam scale to measure every power charge and my loads were just not consistant because you are eyeballing the center line every time. "Human error". If all you can afford is a electronic scale and have to dip power I would prefer the electronic over the balance beam. I use the RCBS charge master/despencer and it weigh's out to 1/10 of a grain. My loads shoot 1/2 inch or better now. I think hornaday electronic powder despincer with the scale is about 50 to 60 dollars less than the RCBS and from reviews and speaking with individuals that have them they work just as good. Ive been reloading now for about 8 to 9 years. My next statement might cause some grief but if you are just hunting than I would not get caught up in all the neck turning and the ton of extra brass work that bech rest shootters do. I full length size and trim the brass about every fourth use provided it has not grown to much. It seem to work for me and keeps my volicities about the same or (ES of 15ft/sec). I like to load more during the winter months becuse in utah it is dry inside my house. We run a swamp cooerl in the summer so I load about 100 to 300 rounds in the winter and shoot them the rest of the year. Also these are developed rounds for my rifles and I am not changing anything. Maybe this more info than you wanted but personal opinion is to stay away of the alunimum press. It had cause me some grief for about a month until I figured it out. I had trashed a box or two of 257 weatherby brass by the time I finally figured out it was my press causing the issue. Which the 2 boxes of brass is about the same price of the press.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Wachsmann, post: 725813, member: 10429"] If your looking to buy new stuff cabelas is running a sale or was running a sale on there RCBS complete package. Good time to buy...Christmas sales...For as the press I woud stick with RCBS, Hornedy, Redding, Dillion, or Foster mainly because of strength and long term use. I use a RCBS in a single stage and reload for 4 different calibers. I like the redding dies a tad bet better than the rcbs dies. I think they may pay a little more attention to percission. I have had 2 sets of RCBS that for some reason the decapping stem would not center no manner how hard I tried to re-align. I took them back and was refunded. I think it was the tension screw was not machined correctly. But not to totally knock RCBS because I have RCBS dies that I use constantlly with no issues. I have not tried the hornady dies but I have heard they work great as well. My only susgestion is to stay away from the alunimum Lee press. My bottom pin in the ram warped after the first year of use. I also was using a balance beam scale to measure every power charge and my loads were just not consistant because you are eyeballing the center line every time. "Human error". If all you can afford is a electronic scale and have to dip power I would prefer the electronic over the balance beam. I use the RCBS charge master/despencer and it weigh's out to 1/10 of a grain. My loads shoot 1/2 inch or better now. I think hornaday electronic powder despincer with the scale is about 50 to 60 dollars less than the RCBS and from reviews and speaking with individuals that have them they work just as good. Ive been reloading now for about 8 to 9 years. My next statement might cause some grief but if you are just hunting than I would not get caught up in all the neck turning and the ton of extra brass work that bech rest shootters do. I full length size and trim the brass about every fourth use provided it has not grown to much. It seem to work for me and keeps my volicities about the same or (ES of 15ft/sec). I like to load more during the winter months becuse in utah it is dry inside my house. We run a swamp cooerl in the summer so I load about 100 to 300 rounds in the winter and shoot them the rest of the year. Also these are developed rounds for my rifles and I am not changing anything. Maybe this more info than you wanted but personal opinion is to stay away of the alunimum press. It had cause me some grief for about a month until I figured it out. I had trashed a box or two of 257 weatherby brass by the time I finally figured out it was my press causing the issue. Which the 2 boxes of brass is about the same price of the press. [/QUOTE]
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