Deal Alert - RCBS partner press kit $99+Free shipping!

[Bulldog73]

Does anyone else notice?

 

[sixty9santa]

That the press is upside down?
Sure did!
Still not as bad as that HK catalog from years ago that had the ammo load backwards in the mag...

 

[Bulldog73]

Yup! That's it.

 

[sixty9santa]

Maybe that's why the press kit is half off!

 

[rkm456]

That the press is upside down?

That's how you're supposed to mount a press. Because the bullet sits in place in the seating die with the case being assisted by gravity it ensures that the bullet is seated as concentrically as possible.

How do you do it? Just set the bullet on top of the brass and ram it all together like some sort of animal hoping the bullet stays straight?

 

[Bulldog73]

I guess I've been doing it wrong like an animal but I like the powder to stay in the case while seating the bullet.

That's how you're supposed to mount a press. Because the bullet sits in place in the seating die with the case being assisted by gravity it ensures that the bullet is seated as concentrically as possible.

How do you do it? Just set the bullet on top of the brass and ram it all together like some sort of animal hoping the bullet stays straight?

 

[rkm456]

I guess I've been doing it wrong like an animal but I like the powder to stay in the case while seating the bullet.

Powder goes in after bullet seating through the flash hole. Then you put your primer in there and you're off to the races.

 

[IronCanadian]

and today is free shipping with the code LASTCHANCE

 

[Bulldog73]

I'll have to give that a try.

Powder goes in after bullet seating through the flash hole. Then you put your primer in there and you're off to the races.

 

[Ganderite]

I bought this press years ago when I wanted to take a loading kit to England, so i could make ammo there. It worked very well.

I would still have it, but a local traded me a M1 Carbine for it.

 

[Dogleg]

At that price and weight I'll be taking one to Australia and leaving it there. Cabin needs one too.

 

[TrxR]

Ive already got two presses and am debating this as i have a 25 dollar gift card to use.

 

[trebor2880]

I'd get one as a second if I could be guaranteed it'd be delivered while my wife was at work.
There seems to be a lot of gun related items I apparently don't need.

 

[sixty9santa]

Perhaps, the item could be shipped to the local post office or friends house/place of employment?

I'd get one as a second if I could be guaranteed it'd be delivered while my wife was at work.
There seems to be a lot of gun related items I apparently don't need.

 

[trebor2880]

Perhaps, the item could be shipped to the local post office or friends house/place of employment?

It's not so bad if a gun is delivered when I'm not home and she is. She's got her RPAL and I just say it's a present for her. She's starting to get quite the collection.

 

[rkm456]

I'll have to give that a try.

Make sure you wear your safety glasses and ear protection as per the safety directions.

 

[Meroh]

Other than shipping weight costs, why don't the make them out of cast? Cheaper material, no?

Yes, but more costly to machine and finish. Die cast Aluminum requires virtually no machining or finishing; Cast iron requires both.

 

[YukonNDNgun300WM]

Beauty! Not a bad starter kit, for sure!

 

[Trinimon]

Can you change out the bushing on this to a lee or Hornady quick-change bushing like other RCBS presses?

 

[Scott_N]

My brother needs a hobby, I should pick this kit up for him for an early BD present.