LEE Challenger VS Turret press

[IM_Lugger]

I have a Challenger press, was wondering if it’s worth upgrading to Turret press.

Btw it says on Lee website that you do 200 rounds an hour with Turret press which sounds kinda high. Is it really possible? I’m not sure I can do half of that on my press...

 

[(((Echo)))]

Depends on what you're upgrading for. Pistol, definately. Rifle...maybe. High volume pistol? Get something better than a turret press.

With my brass preprimed, I can probably do about 200 rounds an hour on my turret. Everything has to go perfectly and I'm really flying, but it can be done. Don't like to do it though. Feels like I'm gonna miss something.

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[Six Star]

Lee's Turret Press is arguably the best reloading press they make...but it's limitations become evident if you try to load rifle cartridges in "semi-auto progressive". It's a pistol caliber press, and it does that job admirably. Keep your Challenger for rifle reloading.
If all goes according to plan, I can easily load 200 rounds of .40cal in an hour on my Lee Turret press. I recently upgraded to a Lee Loadmaster progressive, with which I can load 30 to 40 rounds an hour. I'm trying holy water on it next....

 

[Hitzy]

Prepped and primed, I can load about 200 rounds in an hour on the turret press. Priming on the press is slow, I figure mabey 50 an hour if I was to size and prime virgin/dirty brass on the turret press. If I was to do it again, I would just get the 3 station turret cause that's all I use in the loading cycle.
I'll size and hand prime a whole bunch of cases over a period then sit down and load them all up on a saturday.

 

[savagefan]

Just cranked out 100 223 on my single stage Classic in about half an hour, (pre-primed brass) Now you guys have me wondering if a progressive is worth the expense.

 

[IM_Lugger]

if the brass is preprimed than 200 rounds seems right...I might even be able to do it on my Challenger press.

I know I can resize, prime, charge (with auto disk) and seat 100 rounds in about 65minutes (but I'd have to be moving pretty fast)