Post by: wraithen on January 23, 2012, 08:21:30 PM
Post by: wraithen on January 24, 2012, 07:22:59 AM
Post by: AWS on January 24, 2012, 07:46:59 AM
A decent dial callipers for checking overall length(adjusting seating die) and case length(know when to trim). I like a dial calliper because it seems that whenever I realy need the digital one the battery is dead and I can never remember to take it out between uses.
Post by: wraithen on January 24, 2012, 07:50:07 AM
Post by: AWS on January 24, 2012, 08:04:06 AM
I bought an Electronic Scale and hate the thing way too much trouble setting up. I much prefer a beam scale, but I'm old enough not to trust electricity(give me a good Alladin Kerosene lamp and a stove you put chunks of wood in) ask the people in the Olympia area. Even my old Redding oil dampenned scale is preferable to an e-scale.
I do like the Lyman 55 powder measure. I have a couple and they get a bulk of my reloading work.
Post by: Huntbear on January 24, 2012, 08:07:57 AM
I love the RCBS Rock chucker kits..
I actually have a RC press, I found in an old musty damp basement, it was all rusted up. I took it home, soaked it in some oil for about a week, took some steel wool to it, took some rust remover to it, and it is my favorite press to use. Been loading on it for 20 some years now, never an issue.
Plus, RCBS customer service is the best in the business. You break a decapping pin on a die? Call them, they will send you 4 or 5 in an envelope for free.
For a turret/progressive press, I love the Dillon stuff. If I could afford it, I would be on it like a fly on chit.. :chuckle:
Post by: AWS on January 24, 2012, 08:11:26 AM
Post by: Huntbear on January 24, 2012, 08:13:23 AM
A tray for for cases makes things easier to handle. When preping cases I start with all the cases I'm working on on one end and leave an empty row as I finish a case I move it to the empty row and work my way across the tray, resize, trim, chamfer, clean primer pockets, prime that way if I have to leave the bench I always know where I left off.
So if I have like 16 trays,, do I have a problem??????? :chuckle: :chuckle: :chuckle:
Post by: AWS on January 24, 2012, 08:20:55 AM
Post by: jaymark6655 on January 24, 2012, 08:26:36 AM
I know this was brought up a bazillion times but I still have a few questions. I don't know any reloaders so I can't test drive their equipment. I'm looking at reloading and for 360 the lyman t-mag expert kit deluxe seems to have everything I need to reload other than dies. I want a turret as I plan to have separate turrets for each gun so I don't have to readjust every single time. The only things I can think of as of right now is a backup beam scale and a bullet puller. Is there anything else I will need or will wish I had? My other worry is why this kit is sold as a 115v or 220v kit. I don't understand what there is to plug in :dunno: Is there anything in this kit I should toss or be wary of?I don't know how other presses work, but mine has three dies for each caliber. To avoid having to adjust for each caliber and each individual die, Lee uses a bushing system. You lock the bushing into the press, install the die into the bushing and adjust it, then when its time to switch dies just pull out the bushing. Each die has its own bushing and the bushing locks in the same every time so no adjusting next time a die is used.
Post by: AWS on January 24, 2012, 08:47:45 AM
Post by: wraithen on January 24, 2012, 08:59:56 AM
Jay, as far as I can tell the only other press that functions that way is the hornady. I don't trust bushings and I plan on playing with OAL with the rounds for accuracy first and foremost and then playing with different loads.
HuntBear, I have nothing against dillon, I have heard some amazing stories about their customer service but for convenience I'd like to start with a kit. If I decide I can't live without a dillon I'll pick one up after a few years. I've heard good things about the RCBS but I've heard the same ones for lee and hornady and lyman as well. I know you have the ford vs chevy argument. I originally was looking at the hornady kit but they don't have a turret available that I can actually find and their kit didn't seem nearly as close to complete.
Post by: wraithen on January 24, 2012, 11:15:11 AM
Post by: JLS on January 24, 2012, 11:20:39 AM
I cannot remember the brand of primer pocket cleaner I have, RCBS I think. You also want a primer hole deburring tool and a primer pocket reamer if you are as anal as most reloaders are.
Post by: KNOPHISH on January 24, 2012, 11:29:55 AM
I don't know how other presses work, but mine has three dies for each caliber. To avoid having to adjust for each caliber and each individual die, Lee uses a bushing system. You lock the bushing into the press, install the die into the bushing and adjust it, then when its time to switch dies just pull out the bushing. Each die has its own bushing and the bushing locks in the same every time so no adjusting next time a die is used.
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I have a Lee also & the bushings only work if you use the same bullet each time. You'll need to reset the die when you switch bullets, but it's easy.
Maybe get a manual or 3. Also bookmark all the reloading sites.
Post by: wraithen on January 24, 2012, 11:35:13 AM