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Free2Reload (August 8, 2008 at 5:41 am)
The Dillon is Great. But, it costs a lot. If all you were going to reload was 2 calibers and a lot of it, I would get a Dillon. If you dabble in multiple cartidges as in rifle and pistol. I would lean toward the Lee Classic Turret. To change calibers on a Dillon is costs about $60+ not including your die set. The Lee Clasic Turret cost about $20. The Dillon will load about 450 an hour. A LCT will load at about 150. Maybe Start with the LCT. When I sold mine I was able to get a good price.
nightbmwryder (August 8, 2008 at 1:34 am)
I'd like to congratulate you in these amazing instructional videos! After viewing all your videos I was wondering which reloading press do you recommend? the dillon 550? or the Lee? Thanks.
Humboldt1337 (May 1, 2008 at 8:40 pm)
These vids are great - thanks so much for explaining the process.
basil1200 (March 25, 2008 at 9:30 pm)
good video. thanks
Free2Reload (February 29, 2008 at 12:03 pm)
3. I resize and de prime on the same press. It is a strong press and I have had no issues. I am making my you tube production backwards. Right now I do not have any brass to show my steps 1-3. Once spring has sprung. It is a trip to the range to find all the brass under the snow cover.
Free2Reload (February 29, 2008 at 12:02 pm)
2. The powder drop system uses pre-sized chambers. As a reloaded you can mix and match the powder charge by mixing and matching the different chamber sizes. It is very simplistic in design much like a lot of Lee products. Simple but effective. I think someone over there at Lee has the K.I.S.S syndrome. "Keep it simple stupid". As far as not measuring your loads while in progress, I tend to check about every 30-40 rounds just to make sure that there is nothing going wrong.
Free2Reload (February 29, 2008 at 11:49 am)
1. I believe that the press will resize and seat just as good as a single stage. I load rifle cartridges .243, .270 wsm, .30-06
all on this with sub MOA accuracy. I use the press in a single stage function and weight each powder charge.
Although auto disk powder measure is amazingly consistent, I would weight each charge for your high accuracy loads.
jmathers1 (February 28, 2008 at 7:24 pm)
thanks for the quick response Kris.....1. do you think you can reload for accuracy (not just plinking, I need some accurate varmint rounds!) with this turret press as well as with a single stage? 2. Is the powder drop system easy to calibrate and consistant enough to load for accuracy without stopping to measure the charge all the time? 3. I see you don't use the first die (deprime and resize) on your press, would I need to use it or do you have another faster process? I am new to all this!
Free2Reload (February 28, 2008 at 7:03 pm)
Josh, Thank you for the nice commnets!
The dies that I am using are standard lee pacesetter dies. They come with the full lenght sizer die, the bullet seating die and a factory crimp die. Best bet is to look at Lee's web site and do a stare and compare. Lee products are not the best, but I think that the value you get for the cost is great. Especialy if you are a first time reloader. Good Luck and I hope to here form you or even see your own video.
Kris
jmathers1 (February 28, 2008 at 6:21 pm)
Free2,
Great Instructional video! I wonder if you could let me know exactly which dies I need to get when I order my classic turret press. I also am going to load .223 for my AR and as a firt time reloader, am confused when it comes to the dies.....thanks,
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