Progressive Presses
03-11-2008, 03:51 PM
#13
Typical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Delaware OH USA
Posts: 534
RE: Progressive Presses
Some things to consider in the Dillon vs. Hornady debate are:
Flat out production rate - I think even with the case feeder, the Dillon wins.
Cost per caliber - Hornady wins. Hornady caliber changes are just cheaper, period.
Now, the reason I went with Hornady was because production rate isn't super important to me. Sure, I think a single stage is too slow for my needs, but I also don't need to make 500 per hour. My typical50 - 100per session, rate says Hornady. Also, I'll bet I load 10 calibers. . .Honady's caliber change cost was very appealing. Also, I run a lot of partial cycles and the Hornady works well for that too. If I had any complaint, it would be the plastic base for the priming assy, the lack of any rust resistant coating on the powder measure. I mean, really, how do I keep it perfectly dry and rust free. Now I run graphite through it and that seems to work.
Enjoy. All are good choices. Not sure about Lee. I have used Lee products before and they are always of lower quality. I still use their dies. Their designs are just better sometimes! Kind of contradictary, but so it goes.
Flat out production rate - I think even with the case feeder, the Dillon wins.
Cost per caliber - Hornady wins. Hornady caliber changes are just cheaper, period.
Now, the reason I went with Hornady was because production rate isn't super important to me. Sure, I think a single stage is too slow for my needs, but I also don't need to make 500 per hour. My typical50 - 100per session, rate says Hornady. Also, I'll bet I load 10 calibers. . .Honady's caliber change cost was very appealing. Also, I run a lot of partial cycles and the Hornady works well for that too. If I had any complaint, it would be the plastic base for the priming assy, the lack of any rust resistant coating on the powder measure. I mean, really, how do I keep it perfectly dry and rust free. Now I run graphite through it and that seems to work.
Enjoy. All are good choices. Not sure about Lee. I have used Lee products before and they are always of lower quality. I still use their dies. Their designs are just better sometimes! Kind of contradictary, but so it goes.
03-11-2008, 04:56 PM
#14
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: central Ky
Posts: 2,867
RE: Progressive Presses
I use progressive turret style press in single stage form so that I may keep all the dies pertaining to that particular cartridge screwed into that turret-thus a turret for every cartridge I load for.
03-11-2008, 06:25 PM
#15
Nontypical Buck
Thread Starter
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: South Dakota
Posts: 2,862
RE: Progressive Presses
Yeah, I really don't care about loading TONS of bullets an hour, I just want something to take the tediousness out of loading 223 ammo that is going to be out of an AR platform. I don't really ever go burn a 20-30rd mag very quickly, and if I do it sure ain't reloads that I'm burning.
Now that I am thinking about entering in a pistol league this summer, I'll need to be loading either 40 or 45 ammo as well, which I don't have any of the dies for yet.
Now that I am thinking about entering in a pistol league this summer, I'll need to be loading either 40 or 45 ammo as well, which I don't have any of the dies for yet.
03-12-2008, 03:42 AM
#17
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Aug 2004
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Posts: 1,675
RE: Progressive Presses
ORIGINAL: SHOTARYE
I love my Dillon 550B. Great press, great service. NO BS warranty,Dillon takes care of their customers ... PERIOD.
I love my Dillon 550B. Great press, great service. NO BS warranty,Dillon takes care of their customers ... PERIOD.
03-12-2008, 08:07 AM
#18
Join Date: Mar 2008
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RE: Progressive Presses
ORIGINAL: okeybug
I have a Big Max A4, a Dillon 550, a Dillon 650, an Ammomaster, a MEC 650
I use the Dillon 650 for 9MM since I shoot a lot of it and the Dillon 550 for 223. I still use my RCBS Big max for 7MM and 3006.
I have a Big Max A4, a Dillon 550, a Dillon 650, an Ammomaster, a MEC 650
I use the Dillon 650 for 9MM since I shoot a lot of it and the Dillon 550 for 223. I still use my RCBS Big max for 7MM and 3006.
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