How many progressive presses do you need?

[Gatehouse]

I ordered a LEE Ammomaster for 45ACP, since I am a pretty low volume pistol shooter, about 300 a month at most.

In the meantime, I saw a great deal on a RCBS progressive, so I snapped that up.

The LEE arrived (All scratched up, i might add. Weird since it was in it's original packing box. It's fine, but has some cosmetic scratches) and I am wondering to keep or sell it.

Whiel it would be handy to have the RCBS set up to do 223 and other rifle loading, and also have the LEE all ready to go for 45AACP, it's not like changing shell plates and dies is *that* big a deal...And the RCBS is of course much better quality..

Keep the LEE or sell it?

 

[NavyShooter]

I keep one setup for 9mm (Dillon SDB) and have a 550B for my .223 stuff. The 550B is much quicker at the quick changes, especially with the shell plates. I need a few extra bits and pieces to do the changes on the 550, at which point, I'm going to flog off the SDB.

NS

 

[Canuck223]

If you've got the room on the bench, keep them. Worst case scenario, you find later one's in the way and you sell it.

 

[bear.23]

I'm not the right person to ask... I have 2 650's and a 550... And I get the showroom setup I'll have a 1050, a 900 and a SDB too...

 

[P.E. Islander]

You've heard that phrase that "the quikest reload is another gun"?

The same line of thought holds true for caliber changes: the quickest caliber change-over is another press. You need one in every high use caliber. Really.

At least that's what I tell myself when I see a press of a type that I don't have yet. When you run out of room it's a sure sign that you need a bigger house or shop.

 

[t-star]

i've got 3 lee 1000- 1 in9, 1 in 45, and 1 in 223- got a dillon 550 in 308- don't really feel you can call the 550 a progressive as you have to flip that star wheel for each operation- it's really more of a semi-progressive-one step up from the turret with the auto-index