by COLLECTOR 1 » 02 Nov 2014, 2:07 pm
Some Lee press's have a lot of moulded alloy bits that can brake, along with developing a bit of sloppiness or slack in ram arms, their dies are good enough for most applications, however if you strike a twin flash hole case when reloading and snap the decapping pin, you have to replace the entire expander rod. RCBS, Lyman, and Redding are designed differently and you only have to replace the decapping pin.
Rocker chucker press's are totally indestructible, if your looking for a good single stage press....they are the way to go, and will handle any calibre bar 50 BMG I think.
If your looking for turret type press's I personally used Lyman T Mags. Have two (2) that I've owned now for some 20 years, have reloaded 10's of thousands of rounds of various rifle calibres over the years and they have never missed (the T mags) a beat. The thing I like the most about them is you can lock the turret up tight, when you have everything set up, and there is just NO movement...and their price is within reach on most people. All cast iron, and getting spare turrets and changeover is a breeze
Dillion make great progressive press's if your into pistol shooting, but they are expensive, but great gear.
As per Lougar's comments, Redding is the way to go for dies.....especially the match grade stuff....engineering brilliance.
COLLECTOR 1
More Brno's than you can poke a stick at..!!!!