Best reloading press for hunting rounds

[JJB11B]

Another vote for the good ol rcbs rock chucker. About the best bang for your buck. Personally use a redding T7 which i would also highly recommend.

I want one of those T7's I have a Rockchukar and a Dillon and an old crappy lee that wears a universal decapping die, the T7 would be the bees knees!

[CaNINE]

Not sure how much an RCBS Rock Chucker goes for these days but Im shooting 1/2 Moa or better on mine.  I don't think a more expensive press is going to shrink that group at all.  Don't get caught up in the hype of crazy expensive presses.

Same for me. I’m producing consistent benchrest quality precision ammo on a RCBS rock chucker.

[Karl Blanchard]

Another vote for the good ol rcbs rock chucker. About the best bang for your buck. Personally use a redding T7 which i would also highly recommend.

I want one of those T7's I have a Rockchukar and a Dillon and an old crappy lee that wears a universal decapping die, the T7 would be the bees knees!

I love it! I can multi task like crazy with that thing. Just gotta have a method to your madness or it can get crazy. 3 calibers and a decapping die per plate.

Pro tip: index your press positions and make note of what die goes where.  If you set your 300wsm seating die up in "hole 4", take it out for some reason and then put it in position 7 your seating depth will be slightly off.

[Jingles]

If just reloading for hunting and not going to do a lot of shooting and reloading the Rock chucker is probably all you'll need. Now if you get into reloading  like I and numerous others do, 1000's of rounds then consider a turret and or progressive press. I know after reloading 10k  of rounds of 5.56 with a single stage press I would of appreciated a progressive, but got er done with a single stage along with #'s of rounds for other calibers, both rifle and handgun

[dreadi]

You can get a progressive press and set it up for each caliber of your choice, and still weigh each charge on a separate scale before charging the case.  We call it semi-automatic. This way, you’re taking advantage of the progressive technology but, still getting as accurate of a charge as you would in a single stage.

If you shoot a lot throughout the year, progressive makes sense.


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[HighlandLofts]

A Rcbs Rockchucker press, scales, trimmer, dies, dial calipers, a powder measurer or a set of lee dippers and a powder trrickler a manuals and a few other small ticket item is all you need to make top quality ammo for hunting.

The RCBS Rockchucker press has a bushing where the dies screw in that can be taken out to except the conversion plug to switch ot over to the Hornady Lock n Load system.

[Wetwoodshunter]

I have a rock chucker. It works for my needs, an hour of work and you can have 50 rounds no problem.

One day I will also have a Redding T7. Nice for setting up dies and never changing the settings.

[Fl0und3rz]

I’ve been using the Lee cast iron press (single stage) for my hunting loads. I’ve been happy with it. It’s made in USA which I don’t think the rock chucker is any more.

It is the only press that I have.  I am amazed that Lee can offer such value for their prices.  It's like voodoo.  Trimmer and powder measure is Redding, scale is RCBS 10-10, and I have several different brands of dies. 

For hunting rounds, I don't see the benefit of more money on a press.  But I admittedly do not shoot long range target, either.  Perhaps there is room for improvement there, but I gather that money would be better spent on triggers, barrels, brass and projectile consistency, and load development over another press.  But that is a guess.

[Stein]

From my experience, I can reload as accurately (both to spec and variation between rounds) on an inexpensive press, but it takes me much longer with some rework in powder and seating in particular.  It also takes some experience and experimentation where the expensive options are more automated and fool-proof in general.

I load 10-20 rounds at a time 95% of the time and do that maybe 5-10 times a year so I don't care if it takes me an extra half hour or even hour.  PRS or F-class guys might load several hundred at a sitting, every week.  My setup would be a holy nightmare under that situation.

[timberfaller]

Having reloaded for almost 50 years now, my Rock Chucker has never failed me.  THAT being said, having one custom rifle a few years back, with L.E. Wilson dies, IF I were to do my life over, IT would be a abhor press and ALL L.E. Wilson stuff!!  Day late and a dollar short is the ole saying!!

I've had a few progressives, never liked them and sold them all.

[BULLBLASTER]

Ive never wished i had a “better” or different press than my rock chucker. I put a lock and load bushing in it and changing dies doesn't hinder me at all.

[Magnum_Willys]

I run some Lee 1.25” die stuff so stuck with Rock Chucker I think ?

[Fl0und3rz]

Above said.  I have wanted a Redding T7 turret press for a while, just for the convenience of not having to switch out decapping and primer swaging dies. I will have one once the new house is built and I get my space set up once again.

[b23]

And as a accessory item I highly recommend the Inline Fab UltraMounts they come in three different heights and for just about all of the different presses.  I have them for all three of mine and really like the height it puts my press at.  https://inlinefabrication.com/collections/ultramounts

[walleye1]

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