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Should I buy a new press ?
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<blockquote data-quote="tylerw02" data-source="post: 1823550" data-attributes="member: 113012"><p>I will buck the curve here, and ultimately I can load up a video to YouTube to show the process.</p><p></p><p>I load almost exclusively on a progressive press. Believe it or not, I get less ES, SD, and runout on the Hornady Lock-N-Load AP.</p><p></p><p>My RCBS Rockchucker has had around 100,000 rounds loaded on it and each round tends to be four cycles. I can't get it to load straight ammo anymore. I think the small size of the ram and quality just doesn't hold up. I get 0.006" runout anymore.</p><p></p><p>I can pull the same dies and throw them in the Hornady AP and get 0.001". I think this is largely to the larger, more stable ram as well as the float built into the shell holder. </p><p></p><p>Additionally, I can choose to do one station at a time on the AP and handle the brass less by simply feeding one piece in on station one and allowing the machine to eject it for me. </p><p></p><p>Changing dies out is quite easy as well.</p><p></p><p>As far as function you CAN make the AP more or less behave as like a single stage, but no SS can offer the advantages of an AP.</p><p></p><p>I have loaded both hunting and PRS ammo on the AP with excellent results.</p><p></p><p>If you already have the AP, I can see no reason to abandon it to delay getting started. You don't need a new press. You need to forget the peanut gallery and start research, and perhaps enroll in a reloading class from an accomplished shooter.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="tylerw02, post: 1823550, member: 113012"] I will buck the curve here, and ultimately I can load up a video to YouTube to show the process. I load almost exclusively on a progressive press. Believe it or not, I get less ES, SD, and runout on the Hornady Lock-N-Load AP. My RCBS Rockchucker has had around 100,000 rounds loaded on it and each round tends to be four cycles. I can’t get it to load straight ammo anymore. I think the small size of the ram and quality just doesn’t hold up. I get 0.006” runout anymore. I can pull the same dies and throw them in the Hornady AP and get 0.001”. I think this is largely to the larger, more stable ram as well as the float built into the shell holder. Additionally, I can choose to do one station at a time on the AP and handle the brass less by simply feeding one piece in on station one and allowing the machine to eject it for me. Changing dies out is quite easy as well. As far as function you CAN make the AP more or less behave as like a single stage, but no SS can offer the advantages of an AP. I have loaded both hunting and PRS ammo on the AP with excellent results. If you already have the AP, I can see no reason to abandon it to delay getting started. You don’t need a new press. You need to forget the peanut gallery and start research, and perhaps enroll in a reloading class from an accomplished shooter. [/QUOTE]
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