How Many Presses Do You Use for Reloading?

del2les said:

My first RCBS was in '77, but before then, we had an old C press that I wish I would have kept.

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While there are many good presses available today, I have yet to see a reason to replace the Rockchucker. It is still quite capable of producing very accurate ammo. Just last week, I shot a few groups in the .1s with a heavy 6mmBR.

Straight Shooter said:

Thanks. Does it help much?

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We just got the system, but I have heard YES it does help. Sierra started Pointing some of their bullets.

Varmint Hunter said:

While there are many good presses available today, I have yet to see a reason to replace the Rockchucker. It is still quite capable of producing very accurate ammo. Just last week, I shot a few groups in the .1s with a heavy 6mmBR.

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Amen! I used that old RCBS to load many small BR, varmint and hunting groups. A few light mods to square up the ram, shell holders and tighten the die lock rings "after" a case is inserted, helped to make very accurate ammo. Even without those little tricks, it did its job well, and to this day, it still does.

The RCBS was a nice upgrade from the old C press, but I wish I had kept the C for personal and nostalgia reasons.

I have 3 set up on the bench, one for each die.
Two rcbs rockchuckers and one lee challenger.

I also have two more rockchuckers, a old Lyman c press and a no name cast iron O press.

K.E.C. said:

I have 4 set up.
Today 1 a lee is for deprimeing.
2 RCBS Crusher for pulling bullets.
3 Redding Boss for resizing.
4 MEC is my seating press.

I don't need or want a Turret press.

EDIT: I still have a Lee Classic setting on a shelf. Just in case.

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You are absolutely correct. My T-7 has turned out some accurate ammo but wish I had not gone down the rabbit hole.

RCBS Rockchucker.
Dillion 650

I use 2 Forster Co-ax presses. One for the small stuff (17 ackley to 223 class).
One for the big stuff up to 300 Rum

I use one Reading Ultramag for I guess about 10 years now, but would like to get a T7 turret press as well eventually.

I have 2.
Lee 4 hole turret for all my loading.
Lee Breachlock single stage for heavy duty forming.

I use 3.
Hornady lnl for small stuff and volume brass prep
Lee for de capping and seating
Lyman 8 turret for anything else
Lee hand prime

Still on my first and only press - the Hornady lock n load that my wife bought for me about 10 years ago.

While there are some new shiny presses out there, I just don't see the benefit of upgrading at this point. Maybe in the future, but for now I'll keep rocking it.

Redding Boss
Dillon XL650
Sinclair Hand Primer
Harvey Deprimer

2 Rock Chucker's

3. decapper, sizer, seater....