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Newb reloading question
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<blockquote data-quote="Kennibear" data-source="post: 1049358" data-attributes="member: 51650"><p>What you propose will work but...</p><p></p><p> Lee makes their Classic Cast press in their twist lock fittings so the dies have an insert permanently set on them and a quick twist changes dies. Hornady makes the same set up and I like them both. Except for the Redding I do not recommend turret presses because it's one more thing to be misaligned. Hornady has the better price on the fittings in ten quantities and that will make up the price difference in the two presses in a hurry.</p><p></p><p> I cut a small piece of solder and change the brass set screws to stainless trapping the solder piece between the die threads and the set screw. I have yet to damage a die thread doing this and my dies screw in and out to the same consistent settings. A small Sharpie mark facing forward on the set ring makes returning the dies to the correct position a snap. I developed this 30 years ago before the twist lock feature was available. I would jump between 357 & 30/06 in one loading session. The dies never change setup, just screw them in and pump the cases through.</p><p></p><p>KB</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kennibear, post: 1049358, member: 51650"] What you propose will work but... Lee makes their Classic Cast press in their twist lock fittings so the dies have an insert permanently set on them and a quick twist changes dies. Hornady makes the same set up and I like them both. Except for the Redding I do not recommend turret presses because it's one more thing to be misaligned. Hornady has the better price on the fittings in ten quantities and that will make up the price difference in the two presses in a hurry. I cut a small piece of solder and change the brass set screws to stainless trapping the solder piece between the die threads and the set screw. I have yet to damage a die thread doing this and my dies screw in and out to the same consistent settings. A small Sharpie mark facing forward on the set ring makes returning the dies to the correct position a snap. I developed this 30 years ago before the twist lock feature was available. I would jump between 357 & 30/06 in one loading session. The dies never change setup, just screw them in and pump the cases through. KB [/QUOTE]
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