Shopping for a Progressive Press: Need advices

I'm waiting for the new frankford arsenal offering. Less than $1500 for a 10 stage progressive? Makes a good argument for the money.
 
Canuck44 said:
Hi Karl gotcha. No worries. I have loaded thousands of rounds of lubed bullets with my Dillon 550 no issues. I am not sure waxed lead bullets, particularly if it was soft wax would do well in a bullet feeder though. Don't use a bullet feeder on either of my 550's.
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Even in a simple press, after a lot of waxed/lubed bullets you will want to clean out the bullet-seating die. I've had one get cruddy enough to start causing issues before I looked inside it!
 
Used RCBS Piggyback Conversion Kit for 20+ years, then a Pro2000 with autoindex now with Pro Chucker 7 with case feeder. All worked flawlessly. On top of that, RCBS has great customer service, never failed or disappointed me...
 
i was using the Dillon 650 when I lived the states ( am back home in Canada now) and would do about 600 to 700 rounds an hour. Quality checked every 100 and they always were bang on with powder load and length
 
I received it yesterday and put it together.
Easy to assemble and nothing missing.
Doesn't look to difficult to operate but I will know more in the next couple days.
Thanks again for the advice!
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Get yourself a couple of blue cartridge trays and the arms that hold them. the bullet tray attaches to the left side of the stand and the cartridge tray attachment and tray on the right. They make things so much easier while reloading. The Allen Key set and tray Dillon sells is also a handy purchase as well. The tray sits on the back of the stand. You will need them anyway to adjust your shell plates, powder die and the open end wrench is a must for changing or adjusting dies. No rush to buy but you will never regret buying them.

Take Care

Bob
 
Skiman said:
I'm waiting for the new frankford arsenal offering. Less than $1500 for a 10 stage progressive? Makes a good argument for the money.
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If it works well it's a great deal. But progressive presses can be problematic and I wouldn't want to be an early adopter of this new press. Hopefully they do extensive testing and don't release it until they have identified all the bugs and worked them out.
 
seabast said:
I received it yesterday and put it together.
Easy to assemble and nothing missing.
Doesn't look to difficult to operate but I will know more in the next couple days.
Thanks again for the advice!
(I'm attachign a picture, not sure if it works so let me know if you don't see any)

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I have the same one, but don't use the stand on my bench. Makes it too high for my bench setup. It's a great press, I use mine mostly for pistol and a couple of semi's that required a lot of fodder. Used to use two of them back when we still had machine gun shoots. Really made it easier to run off a lot of ammo. - dan
 
Have been running the Hornady progressive for about 10 years now and will never change. Have tried dillon they are great but to expensive. The lees i have not tried but lots of them out there. Bang for your buck hornady in my opinion.
 
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