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<blockquote data-quote="Trickymissfit" data-source="post: 629159" data-attributes="member: 25383"><p>I bought the Forster on advice from folks that I felt knew a lot more than I did at the time. The two things that sold me were the ease of setup, and the way it was built. Later the power came into hand when I was starting to learn how to reform cases.. It's not perfect, but fit all my needs with ease.</p><p> </p><p>The Harrell powder measure I bought was (at the time) the closest thing I could get to a Lyman with a Culver insert. Measuring ball powders, it really no better than the Lyman at almost four time the price. On the otherhand after a couple phone calls to Fred Sinclair and another forty dollars I had a great little measure for about $100. But I wanted the repeatability of the Harrell when making major changes in my setups at the range. I just pull out my log book and count the clicks. Was it worth that much more money? I doubt it, and I doubt it was better than a Lyman with the Culver insert anyway!</p><p> </p><p>Brother inlaw uses a Lee Classic press. He maybe loads 300 rounds a year, and it suits him very well. He has recently bought a Forster seater in .223 after I loaned him mine with the micrometer head. But he uses the same basic bullets most of the time, and I did show him how to put a 7/8th's arbor shim under the die to change the seating depth. Now he's over every Tuesday with a list of questions. As for the press it does everything larry could want, and the biggest case he loads is a 30-06 (he told me he was bring his 30-06 cases over to my place for resizing as he was getting too old to be working that hard). He's been eyeballing my two presses a lot, but I told him to wear out what he's got first. </p><p> </p><p>I'm kinda funny about buying equipment. I always buy the best measuring tools I can afford (mics and indicators, etc). I use a lot of Forster dies because they are cheaper than Reddings and just as good if not better. I bought a small K&M arbor press after doing some thinking about what I was going to do with it. Nothing but neck sizing on 6mm and smaller stuff, plus seating bullets. Could have spent twice the money to get the same results. I also look for the made in USA lable, but if something is much better than I'll go the otherway (I use several Interrapid indicators and one Mitutoyo caliper)</p><p>gary</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Trickymissfit, post: 629159, member: 25383"] I bought the Forster on advice from folks that I felt knew a lot more than I did at the time. The two things that sold me were the ease of setup, and the way it was built. Later the power came into hand when I was starting to learn how to reform cases.. It's not perfect, but fit all my needs with ease. The Harrell powder measure I bought was (at the time) the closest thing I could get to a Lyman with a Culver insert. Measuring ball powders, it really no better than the Lyman at almost four time the price. On the otherhand after a couple phone calls to Fred Sinclair and another forty dollars I had a great little measure for about $100. But I wanted the repeatability of the Harrell when making major changes in my setups at the range. I just pull out my log book and count the clicks. Was it worth that much more money? I doubt it, and I doubt it was better than a Lyman with the Culver insert anyway! Brother inlaw uses a Lee Classic press. He maybe loads 300 rounds a year, and it suits him very well. He has recently bought a Forster seater in .223 after I loaned him mine with the micrometer head. But he uses the same basic bullets most of the time, and I did show him how to put a 7/8th's arbor shim under the die to change the seating depth. Now he's over every Tuesday with a list of questions. As for the press it does everything larry could want, and the biggest case he loads is a 30-06 (he told me he was bring his 30-06 cases over to my place for resizing as he was getting too old to be working that hard). He's been eyeballing my two presses a lot, but I told him to wear out what he's got first. I'm kinda funny about buying equipment. I always buy the best measuring tools I can afford (mics and indicators, etc). I use a lot of Forster dies because they are cheaper than Reddings and just as good if not better. I bought a small K&M arbor press after doing some thinking about what I was going to do with it. Nothing but neck sizing on 6mm and smaller stuff, plus seating bullets. Could have spent twice the money to get the same results. I also look for the made in USA lable, but if something is much better than I'll go the otherway (I use several Interrapid indicators and one Mitutoyo caliper) gary [/QUOTE]
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