Everyone has their favourite cleaning products.... I use Ballistol and/or Wipe Out (I use the liquid type rather than the aerosol foam, but both work.) You can also make up "Ed's Red" (Formula avail. onlline.). I don't use mops much but I've found using a good cotton patch wrapped around a nylon bore brush one size smaller works very well.
Revolver gear.
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Everyone has their favourite cleaning products.... I use Ballistol and/or Wipe Out (I use the liquid type rather than the aerosol foam, but both work.) You can also make up "Ed's Red" (Formula avail. onlline.). I don't use mops much but I've found using a good cotton patch wrapped around a nylon bore brush one size smaller works very well.
I may get flamed, but I'm unrepentant....the best cleaning tool for the GP100 (or any stainless revolver for that matter) is an ultrasonic tank full of varsol. 45 minutes with heat and then let it cool off/dry....then run your brush and patches thru with product x (I use Hoppes #9 because I love the smell!)....patch it till it's clean, and a light oil job and you are good to go!
I guess I will defend the turret press since no one else has. It all depends on the volume you want to reload and how much time you want to spend doing it. I have a Lee turret press that has reloaded many thousands of rounds of handgun and rifle ammo. I can run ~100-120 rounds of handgun ammo through in an hour without trying too hard. If that is lots for you then it is a great press for a decent price. If you want to crank out many hundreds of rounds an hour then a Dillon press is the way to go. Both will produce quality ammo with few issues, it just comes down to how many rounds you want to do in how long a time.
One thing I don't know about on the Dillon is reloading the larger rifle cartridges. The Lee will reload up to the standard magnums (I load .338 Win Mag with it) with no problems. If the Dillon can fit the OAL then it should be fine with whatever rifle cartridges you want to do as well.
Mark
I’m am most often a firm believer in the less in more principle. However, I also like to be prepared.
For now I will stick with what I’ve got and look at some of the extras in the future when I have a better idea of what I need.
Honestly I’m not sure what volume I need to produce. As of right now a turret would likely do. But in the future if I get into competitive shooting things would obviously change. I do find myself shooting more often and more ammo than I did in the past so.......
I like it better when there are a couple other people around shooting with you, You usually get to try some different guns out, and learn a few things as well. Ive bought a few guns after getting a chance to try someones, and finding out that I like it.
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On my Pistols Balistol for cleaning with a little lead cleaning cloths for the dirty parts and Renaissance was to make it pretty after
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I draw the line there LOL
Honestly I think I would enjoy that as well.
But my buddy and I have a pretty good deal going. He brings his guns and I bring mine. We shoot each other’s when we feel like it. We have a couple of overlapping pistol calibers but not brands, so it’s a nice mix of .22 all the way to .44 magnum with a total of 8 pistols. In long guns we have very few shared calibers but span from .22 to .50 so there’s lots of different shooting to be had. At the end of the day neither of us worry if the other guy spent more time with one or the other gun, it all comes out in the wash.
I hope you guys are kidding.....I can’t stand the smell of that stuff.
I prefer a "greener" product to keep my car interior fresh. I dampen a couple of dried-out teabags with Ballistol and hang 'em on the rear-view mirror.
The powder measure is a bushing style that rides on the turret and dumps the charge through the flaring die on the same stroke. It is activated by the round coming up into the flaring die and needs no extra control motions. Seating/crimping is its own station as per usual. The regular pistol die sets have 3 dies: sizing/decapping, flaring and seating/crimping. On .44 mag I also use a Lee factory carbide crimping die which separates the seating and crimping functions and sizes the finished round to ensure easy chambering. This does require an extra cycle of the handle as it is a fourth station.
I like the Lee press and Lee pistol dies but have found their rifle dies are not that wonderful, aside from the collet neck sizing die. I use Redding dies almost exclusively for rifle cartridges. They cost more and are worth it for the bottleneck cartridges.
For the price of the turret press you can start with it and see how it goes, then upgrade to a Dillon if that becomes a requirement in the future. You can use the same dies with either press, so your investment there in multiple cartridges is good either way. My understanding of the Dillon presses is that caliber changes are not that easy (they are a piece of cake on the Lee turret press if you buy extra turret plates), so keeping the turret as a second press for rifle and pistol cartridges that you load lower volumes with is worthwhile as well.
Mark
Highlighted comment would be wrong. Change the shell plate, change the die set and the powder measure and you are done in under five minutes if that. I use a separate powder measure for each pistol caliber I load on the Dillon. For rifle I use a RCBS Rockchucker Supreme in conjunction with the Dillon. There is nothing wrong with a turret arrangement, it is much faster than loading on a single stage. If it meets your requirements perfect. If you do start to shoot pistol competitively than a move to a more progressive press makes life so much easier. In that regard 90% of the shooters at the IDPA US Nationals report loading on Dillon presses. If you have the money the 550/650 are worth buying. They are two lifetime purchases. One lifetime for you and one for your son and then his.....
Take Care
Bob
Ok, that's fair. Do you have to reset the dies for height when changing? I know people who dislike changing the setup enough that they bought another Dillon press for a second caliber instead of swapping regularly.
Mark
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I keep the backup sets configured and it's literally 5 minutes as Bob said
