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<blockquote data-quote="boomtube" data-source="post: 749787" data-attributes="member: 9215"><p>"...does anyone have input on what brand of equipment to purchase?"</p><p> </p><p>Everyone does, including me, but I've been doing this since '65 and don't often tell what I use because you're a new guy and what YOU will need is different from what I need! Fortunately, all our makers produce very good gear so there's no way you can 'go wrong' no matter what brand you get. I can assure you that any truly experienced reloader buys his tools by individual features rather than brand! And believe me, price is no guide to anything but cost. Pick each tool as your budget allows and know that - if your use it correctly - the only real limit to the quality of the ammo you can produce will be yourself and your components (especially the cases and bullets).</p><p> </p><p>You will NOT need the complexities of a turret or progressive press, get a basic single stage and avoid the 'quick change' die bushing gimmicks from Lee and Hornady. There's no reason to lock dies into a press with a wrench and you will quickly be able to hand screw & swap dies in less than a minute.</p><p> </p><p>It will take a long time for any new guy to gain sufficent skill to outgrow common dies and few people ever get good enough - or have sufficently accurate rfiles - to benefit at all from the more costly dies that get touted on the net. All ammo is made inside the dies, the press simply pushes the cases into and pulls them out of the dies so press arguments really center on personal tastes and some snob appeal rather than actual results. All dies are made to produce ammo within the SAAMI specifications so there's just as much tolerance difference between dies of the same brand as there is between brands. </p><p> </p><p>Decent digital scales tend to be pricey and are no more accurate than a beam scale, nor are digitals any real help for speed. Look at the mid-range beam scales from RCBS and Dillon, they are made by Ohaus and that's a very good scale maker.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="boomtube, post: 749787, member: 9215"] "...does anyone have input on what brand of equipment to purchase?" Everyone does, including me, but I've been doing this since '65 and don't often tell what I use because you're a new guy and what YOU will need is different from what I need! Fortunately, all our makers produce very good gear so there's no way you can 'go wrong' no matter what brand you get. I can assure you that any truly experienced reloader buys his tools by individual features rather than brand! And believe me, price is no guide to anything but cost. Pick each tool as your budget allows and know that - if your use it correctly - the only real limit to the quality of the ammo you can produce will be yourself and your components (especially the cases and bullets). You will NOT need the complexities of a turret or progressive press, get a basic single stage and avoid the 'quick change' die bushing gimmicks from Lee and Hornady. There's no reason to lock dies into a press with a wrench and you will quickly be able to hand screw & swap dies in less than a minute. It will take a long time for any new guy to gain sufficent skill to outgrow common dies and few people ever get good enough - or have sufficently accurate rfiles - to benefit at all from the more costly dies that get touted on the net. All ammo is made inside the dies, the press simply pushes the cases into and pulls them out of the dies so press arguments really center on personal tastes and some snob appeal rather than actual results. All dies are made to produce ammo within the SAAMI specifications so there's just as much tolerance difference between dies of the same brand as there is between brands. Decent digital scales tend to be pricey and are no more accurate than a beam scale, nor are digitals any real help for speed. Look at the mid-range beam scales from RCBS and Dillon, they are made by Ohaus and that's a very good scale maker. [/QUOTE]
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