Just wondering what your guys's go to equipment for re-loading is or favorite videos, fairly new to the long range game and don't want to spare any expense to have the right stuff to last me a long time
Right on appreciate all the good info exactly what I was looking for!I can't really reference any videos, as I was taught most everything I know by my Father, and a few other things by reading on here and other long range sites. Hopefully someone else has some good videos to share with you. However, I do have preferred equipment.
I use an RCBS rockchucker press, on a VERY sturdy bench. I don't like movement when I run my press. For trimming, I use a Lyman e-z trim hooked up to my dewalt drill, super fast. I use the Hornady OAL gauge for finding the lands, but I do not use the hornady brass. I fire my own rounds, then sacrifice a piece of brass to use for that specific gun to get an cartridge base to ogive measurment. I have an RCBS set of analog calipers for measuring. I use a frankford arsenal digital scale, one of my pieces of equipment that I would like to upgrade. I dump powder from an RCBS uniflow dispenser and weigh every charge. I'm sure I'm missing many other pieces, but those are the main ones. I can say, that RCBS has fantastic customer service. I had a handle break on a press I was using, I have no idea how old it was, I purchased it for $25 at a garage sale, I called them as I could not find one on their catalog, and was going to see if I could purchase one. Instead, they sent me the handle, free of shipping and any charge. This thing could have been 30 years old or more, and I have no idea who originally owned it. That kind of sealed it for me, I prefer RCBS for my presses. My rockchucker press is very consistent and sturdy, sizing even stubborn brass is not a challenge.
I'm gonna look into those!, what site do you like to order from?If budget not an issue Redding,Forster, or Whidden micrometer seating dies. I just picked up a Forster Co-ax press the other day. I'm very impressed with it, priming on it is slow but there's so many other good quality priming tools on the market that hasn't been an issue for me. I resized about 800 223 brass in under an hour on that press the other day without a single primer hitting the floor. There is absolutely no way I could of done that on my old RCBS press that quickly and without primers ending up all over the place. Definitely a press worth checking out.