Hornady Press

Ranger Dave said:
My old press struggled with the 300 Win Mag cases. It took a fair bit of effort resizing. A heavier press would be nicer for the larger brass. The only other caliber will be the 223 Im thinking of buying.
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Exactly why the new Lee Classic Cast Single Stage will fit the bill. This Lee CCSS will even do .50 cal BMG.

Progressives may struggle with full length re-sizing magnum rifle cases.
 
Ranger Dave said:
I will check it out. Thanks.
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Or you can look at the Forster Co-Ax if you want the absolute best, IMO, single stage with the centered lever linkage, for about twice the money as the Lee CCSS.

ben hunchak said:
Sometimes it's better to say nothing then to say something negative besides, Bad words make for bad feelings.
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Wishing you all, especially Ben Hunchak, a very Merry Christmas and all the best this season and the coming year!!!
 
They have one of the Lee Classic Casts set up
next to the Hornady in Cabela's.
I think we all know where Ben stands on the
issue, but side-by-side they are
both really nice. I really like the idea for primer
collection on the LCC.
 
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This is one of the reasons I needed a press with a large opening.
The 45 / 3.25 Sharps is one long round, too long for my old faithful Rockchucker or the very excellent Forster as pictured.
 
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Here is the Lee set up to load 50 BMG.
Sitting beside the seater die is a 750 gr. Matrix bullet along side a 45-70 round for comparison.
I was very skeptical of loading 50 with the Lee press but after hundreds of rounds including several sized by using a length of pipe added to the handle... think that would void a warranty ? there has been no problem whatsoever...
 
I've been using a Hornady LNL Classic for just over a year - It's given me no trouble, and has produced a significant number of quality .308 cartridges.
 
Haagen_Dazs said:
Stay away from the Hornady Classic unless you have the LNL AP. Like I said before, there is a major design flaw on the ram that really has me pissed off.
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that and the height from shell holder to die is not the same between the classic and the lnl AP, cant switch between the 2 presses without adjusting dies.

huge piss off
 
I don't have a Hornady press, but I have spent a fair amount on other Hornady reloading tools. I have nothing terribly negative to say but I am not particularly impressed by Hornady equipment.

And I mean that in as positive way as possible. Hope that helps.
 
My Hornady LNL AP is still in it's box downstairs, havn't ad time to mount it... The reason I wanted the LNL AP was to chage the dies over... Thanks for the link but I'm no machinist so I think I'll just have to deal with it. It's not the end of the world but just another reason to stay away from Hornady equipment.

The one good thing I can say about them is the warantee; the guys you talk to down south are really nice to deal with.
 
the single stage has served me well for 1000's of rounds, but it was painfully slow.

the AP makes things much faster even without a case or bullet feeder. I am very satisfied with it and havent touched the single stage since

I had a few parts break on it when a primer got stuck. contacted hornady and they shipped new replacements parts within a week for free. great warranty.
 
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