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Post by sixshot on Jan 27, 2019 14:22:52 GMT -5
Well, you can buy your 14 yr old kid a Corvette for his first car & tell him to be sure & drive 35 MPH for the first 6 months but that might not be the best option. Yes, you can start on a progressive & load it single stage, nothing wrong with doing that but few people know they are going to stay with reloading when they start so going straight to a progressive may or may not be the best option, only you can decide. Less investment with a single stage. I started out in 1966 on a RCBS Jr press mounted on a tiny table in a closet & set up for only 38/357 for a Ruger Blackhawk, no such thing as an old model back then because they were all 3 screws at that time! Also I was ladle casting on my wife's kitchen stove from an 8 lb cast iron pot with a single cavity mold. One of the first things I did was reverse the handle so the stroke was reversed, an old retired Sargent Major taught me that trick & that was my only press for 10 years then I got a Rockchucker & I still have it. Everyone that has a progressive still needs a single stage for quick load development. The turrent presses are great, some of the "other" progressive are great but the Dillon is far & away the king of progressive presses. Every year USPSA does a survey of equipment used at nationals as far as guns, bullets, brass, holsters, reloading presses, etc. Dillon is about 96% of the progressive market in presses, maybe more. If you are serious about shooting big time you will use a progressive press & have a single stage sitting next to it.
Dick
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Post by matt56 on Jan 29, 2019 16:04:37 GMT -5
I started reloading in 2009 and I had probably only been shooting handguns for 2 years before that. At the time I knew absolutely no one that handloaded ammo and barely anyone that liked to shoot. I started out with a redding single stage and a 17 fireball die set. I bought a new rem 700 SPS chambered for the cartridge knowing full on that I wouldn't be able to buy much factory ammo for it. That was my excuse for getting started.
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Post by magnumwheelman on Jan 29, 2019 16:47:41 GMT -5
ohhh... you said 17 Fireball... one of my favorites... truly IMO, the most versatile of 17's... but my 17 Mach 2 gets shot a lot more often
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Post by matt56 on Jan 29, 2019 18:03:21 GMT -5
I love my fireball. I can't see any way I would ever get rid of it. I would like to try a Mach 2 but I've never ran across the right one for sale.
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Post by mxer on Feb 11, 2019 18:51:15 GMT -5
The first cartridges I loaded was for a 14 inch TC Contender .223 in about 1986. I still have the RCBS single stage that's now used to remove 5.56 primer crimps with the same RCBS tool from the same year. A year or two later my next dies were .45 ACP and 44 Magnum. That prompted the Dillon 550b that I still use today, mostly straight wall revolvers, 9mm, and .45 ACP. I also use the Dillon for .223/5.56, .30 Carbine and 45-70. Rifle loading on the Dillon requires some procedural modifications to accommodate case lube and stick powders that don't meter well through the Dillon powder measure. I inspect every case's powder charge from the Dillon or the RCBS powder measure before bullets are seated, sometimes using a decades old RCBS trickler. I've never had a squib or a double charge.
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Post by bula on Feb 12, 2019 11:05:51 GMT -5
Howdy and welcome artg !
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