How many roll-their-own rifle stuff in a progressive?

I run almost all my rifle stuff in my RCBS Pro 2000.

I use my single stage for load development, and for my .375 H&H because I'm too cheap to buy a shell plate for it.

Other then that everything is on the progressive.
 
I do my 223 and 308 in a lee loadmaster. I do it in 2 stages. First I lube, size and de-prime and then it go's back in the tumbler to get then lube off. Then once there clean they go back into then press for the rest of the process. If I had a single stage I would use that as the progressive is a pain in the butt doing I this way but it works.
 
Katana said:
I do my 223 and 308 in a lee loadmaster. I do it in 2 stages. First I lube, size and de-prime and then it go's back in the tumbler to get then lube off. Then once there clean they go back into then press for the rest of the process. If I had a single stage I would use that as the progressive is a pain in the butt doing I this way but it works.
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This is exactly what I do for .223 in my 550....except I have a Rockchucker to do the resize/deprime stage.....works great!
 
I do everything, rifle and pistol, on my Dillon 550 and it works fine. I size cases and trim them separately from the rest of the operation, which makes for more work than pistol cartridges, but it is still quicker than a single stage.
 
Been there done that. My 550 would not throw Varget as accurately as I reqiured for long range work. Back to single stage.
 
I'm doomed to doing it single stage on my budget. The cases need trimming after sizing and the powder needs to be weighed. All that interupts the flow of a progressive reloader and condemns me to doing it in stages.
 
I use my Hornady Lock n Load for everything.

For .223, because of the crimped primers, I first deprime and size, then ream out the primer holes manually and seat the primers manually ( even after reaming I find the primer pocket can sometimes be tight and I find it safer and more efficient to use the manual tool ), and finally powder and seat bullets in one operation. As you can see, .223 is a bit of work, but I find by doing the various steps in batches it makes it less tedious.

For .308, I deprime and size, seat the primers manually, then because I want more accurate powder measurement I powder each case individually using my scale and a loading block. I finish by seating each bullet individually. Only takes 10 minutes to seat 50 bullets once I get going. Again, doing the steps in batches makes it easier.

Pistol calibers, of course, are all done in one operation.
 
I do .223 practice ammo on my RCBS progressive. I'll load the hunting stuff on my ROckchucker, just because the powder meter on the progressive isn't quite as precise. Never seemed to make much difference in accuracy, but it makes me feel better..

If I had more shell plates for other rifles, I'd at the very least lube, resize and prime on the progressive. Saves lots of time.
 
I do .223 on Hornady LNL, spray lube the cases and throw them into the case feeder, resize and deprime, throw them in the tumbler and then finish prepping the brass on a RCBS trim mate, prime and load on the Hornady, you should be able to make them as fast as you can shoot them after case prep:)
 
If my cases are already trimmed I do everything at once on my lnl ap, my best group with my 22-250 savage was done with ammo made this way, .25 at 100m, the average group size was no different then on the single stage.
 
i just use the 550 for everything in 308-while it might not be good for varget, it works just fine on ww748
 
firemachine69 said:
msg.drew:

That's actually the single stage press I'm using, and the LnL is the very progressive I had in mind. ;)
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For progessives I have used lyman turret, lee pro 1000, and decided that the LNL is the best so far... I got the case feeder... because I only load cast alot of those fancy bullet feeders dont work with cast bullets plus then I would go crazy loading those primer tubes because right now I can load so fast with the LNL every like 5-10 min I am refilling a 100 primers. When I had the pro 1000 it seemed like 3-4 times a month I would be reloading now with the LNL in a few hours I can do 1000 or so rounds, now i spend more time shooting then reloading.

Only problem I have with hornady is its coming up to 1 year since I placed my order for my free bullets :( Its also the reason why I decided to buy the hornady over the dillion due to the price.

I dont know where you plan on buying your next press but I can definitely get one for you.
 
Reloading

I reload all my rounds on my Dillon 550, pistol and rifle. Long, cold, boring winters. Need something to do.
 
I try to load for the most accuracy possible, so a Co-ax it is, I weigh every charge to less then 1/10 of a grain, I use the best of dies trying to keep everything in-line, sort cases and bullets by weight and usually only load about 20 ea. of about 5 different loads for testing, this is no place for a progressive loader, now the shotgun is a dif. story!!
 
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