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Should I buy a new press ?
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<blockquote data-quote="TRG65" data-source="post: 1823509" data-attributes="member: 103919"><p>I guess I'll be one of the dissenters. I don't have much use for a single stage. They take way too long to assemble ammo. For as long as I've been shooting LR rifles, I've been using a progressive. I don't weigh components, I don't trim brass (I do chamfer at the first loading), I quit checking concentricity a long time ago. I have no problem getting single digit SD's and sub 1/2 moa 3 shot groups and 5 shot groups are in the .5-.6 range (I think more a function of shooter). This is good enough for the match shooting that I do, and for shooting game as far as I'm willing to shoot an animal. </p><p></p><p>Keep your AP and use it until you need to upgrade something.</p><p></p><p>I use </p><p>Dillon 650 with Whidden floating tool heads</p><p>Whidden or Redding bushing dies</p><p>Autotrickler v2 with bluetooth upgrade and the Area 419 upgrades</p><p>AMP annealer</p><p></p><p>For components,</p><p>Hornady bullets (cheaper than Berger)</p><p>Hodgdon's or Alliant temp insensitive powders (H4895-308, RL16-6.5Creedmoor, RL16/H4831-6.5 Addiction, H4350/RL16-338WM, varget/H4350/RL16-6.5x47)</p><p>CCI BR or mil-spec primers</p><p>Lapua or Nosler brass</p><p></p><p>Because just >1MOA is all I'm after with 223, I load them on a Dillon 1050 with a combination of Dillon and Redding dies. My 1050 only does my 9mm and my 223, because I don't care as much about the accuracy level and I use range brass and want the primer pocket decrimper built into the 1050. I previously did load the 223 as precision ammo, but quit using a 223 bolt gun for matches a few years ago.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TRG65, post: 1823509, member: 103919"] I guess I'll be one of the dissenters. I don't have much use for a single stage. They take way too long to assemble ammo. For as long as I've been shooting LR rifles, I've been using a progressive. I don't weigh components, I don't trim brass (I do chamfer at the first loading), I quit checking concentricity a long time ago. I have no problem getting single digit SD's and sub 1/2 moa 3 shot groups and 5 shot groups are in the .5-.6 range (I think more a function of shooter). This is good enough for the match shooting that I do, and for shooting game as far as I'm willing to shoot an animal. Keep your AP and use it until you need to upgrade something. I use Dillon 650 with Whidden floating tool heads Whidden or Redding bushing dies Autotrickler v2 with bluetooth upgrade and the Area 419 upgrades AMP annealer For components, Hornady bullets (cheaper than Berger) Hodgdon's or Alliant temp insensitive powders (H4895-308, RL16-6.5Creedmoor, RL16/H4831-6.5 Addiction, H4350/RL16-338WM, varget/H4350/RL16-6.5x47) CCI BR or mil-spec primers Lapua or Nosler brass Because just >1MOA is all I'm after with 223, I load them on a Dillon 1050 with a combination of Dillon and Redding dies. My 1050 only does my 9mm and my 223, because I don't care as much about the accuracy level and I use range brass and want the primer pocket decrimper built into the 1050. I previously did load the 223 as precision ammo, but quit using a 223 bolt gun for matches a few years ago. [/QUOTE]
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