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<blockquote data-quote="Crow Juice" data-source="post: 606068" data-attributes="member: 41218"><p>Buying reloading equipment is like a lot of the the things we buy - most of it works well if you do your part . I should tell you that I have 30 years of experience and 3 presses on my bench( RCBS Rock Chucker , Redding T-7 and a RCBS Green Machine (any of you old guys know what that is ) ). My opinion is you should buy good value not low cost because in the end they are about the same .Regarding presses there is no doubt in my mind that buying a cast iron press is the way to go . Your children will be using it when they grow up making it good value. Iron presses include the following: RCBS Rock Chucker , Redding Boss or Big Boss , Lee Classic Cast , and Lyman Crusher . I am sure all the Hornaday presses are aluminum and RCBS/Lee presses not mentioned above are aluminum . The aluminum presses will give a good service life but they do have a life . The Lee Classic Cast is under $100 and that is good value. Forrester would be the premimum single stage press on the market but it is pricy and has some limitations because the handle rotates over the die and there is limited clearence to attach a powder measure to the die if you are loading for pistols. A number of the people I know have bought the Lee kits and they are serviceable but if you shoot much you will want to upgrade quickly .</p><p> </p><p>There are places to save money on reloading equipment :</p><p> </p><p>1. Lee case trimmers are cheap and work well.</p><p> </p><p>2. The Lee Perfect Powder Measure works very well and is very inexpensive . I have a Redding 3BR , Forrester , and Ideal/Lyman 55 which all work about as well as the Lee Perfect.</p><p> </p><p>3.I don't like priming on the press and all of the Hand Priming tools work pretty well.</p><p> </p><p>4. Digital calipers can be purchased from Harbor freight for $9.99 most of the time .</p><p> </p><p>5.I like most of the Scales available but the Lee's .</p><p> </p><p>6. All dies available seem to be pretty good . I benchmark off of RCBS which I consider the best value for the money. Redding and Forrester have nice features but cost more . Lee and Lyman are OK and a little cheaper . </p><p> </p><p>Well these are my thoughts and we didn't even get into Turret Presses . FYI a good friend uses a Lee Aniverys Kit to load and his ammo is as good as mine .</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Crow Juice, post: 606068, member: 41218"] Buying reloading equipment is like a lot of the the things we buy - most of it works well if you do your part . I should tell you that I have 30 years of experience and 3 presses on my bench( RCBS Rock Chucker , Redding T-7 and a RCBS Green Machine (any of you old guys know what that is ) ). My opinion is you should buy good value not low cost because in the end they are about the same .Regarding presses there is no doubt in my mind that buying a cast iron press is the way to go . Your children will be using it when they grow up making it good value. Iron presses include the following: RCBS Rock Chucker , Redding Boss or Big Boss , Lee Classic Cast , and Lyman Crusher . I am sure all the Hornaday presses are aluminum and RCBS/Lee presses not mentioned above are aluminum . The aluminum presses will give a good service life but they do have a life . The Lee Classic Cast is under $100 and that is good value. Forrester would be the premimum single stage press on the market but it is pricy and has some limitations because the handle rotates over the die and there is limited clearence to attach a powder measure to the die if you are loading for pistols. A number of the people I know have bought the Lee kits and they are serviceable but if you shoot much you will want to upgrade quickly . There are places to save money on reloading equipment : 1. Lee case trimmers are cheap and work well. 2. The Lee Perfect Powder Measure works very well and is very inexpensive . I have a Redding 3BR , Forrester , and Ideal/Lyman 55 which all work about as well as the Lee Perfect. 3.I don't like priming on the press and all of the Hand Priming tools work pretty well. 4. Digital calipers can be purchased from Harbor freight for $9.99 most of the time . 5.I like most of the Scales available but the Lee's . 6. All dies available seem to be pretty good . I benchmark off of RCBS which I consider the best value for the money. Redding and Forrester have nice features but cost more . Lee and Lyman are OK and a little cheaper . Well these are my thoughts and we didn't even get into Turret Presses . FYI a good friend uses a Lee Aniverys Kit to load and his ammo is as good as mine . [/QUOTE]
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