Lee Pro 1000 vs Dillon vs RCBS

sawzall said:
I love my SDB. Only thing with changing calibers I don't like is actually changing from small to large primers or vice-versa. I load 9mm, .357 and am trying to find cheap 45 auto dies and shell plate for mine and when I do, I will only load small primer 45 so I don't have to change the primer mechanism.
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I've read this about the Square Deal issue with primer size before. And apparently swapping on the 550 isn't much better.

It does suggest that a person could do worse than to buy TWO Square Deal presses with one in each primer size and then buy the dies and shell plates as needed. Here again the only downside is that you're limited to Dillon dies to fit the Square Deal die plate.
 
I haven't used a Square Deal, but a Dillon 550 can be converted between primer sizes in a couple minutes.
 
Just ordered a Square Deal in 9mm yesterday :) I'm so stoked!! I only plan on hand loading 9mm from now on. I used to do a bunch of different cartridges on my single stage... But the only round I shoot in any quantity any more is 9mm. If I was still into doing more than just one cartridge I'd get a 650 or some such.

I have been advised to keep the single stage by my fellow CGN'ers... I hope to start casting 9mm soon, and I think I'll need it for sizing and lubing...?...I dunno, it's all a different bloody language at this point! ;)
 
ChromeArty said:
...I have been advised to keep the single stage by my fellow CGN'ers... I hope to start casting 9mm soon, and I think I'll need it for sizing and lubing...?...I dunno, it's all a different bloody language at this point! ;)
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The Lee push through sizer uses a single stage. Plus if you get back into any rifle reloading you'll kick yourself for selling it off.

If you use a mold with lube grooves then you'll want to get a "lubrisizer" that injects a wax lube into the grooves at the same time the bullet is sized. But if you get the Lee mold that produces the bullets that are optimized to work with Alox lube you can get away without sizing them at all or at worst shoving them through the cheap Lee sizer with your present single stage.
 
I have a friend who emigrated from Romania many years ago. He said that people there always bought the best quality whatevers regardless of how poor they were. "We were too poor to be cheap", is how he put it. Buying something once and not needing to worry really is cheaper than flipping low-value stuff time and again. As they say do the math. Buying three or four presses can't be the most economical route to go, but I respect that people's finances may not be permissive. Kids, food, roof, heat, gas...priorities...

I have a 650 only because I was into IPSC in a previous life and frankly, I don't get much of a thrill out of loading hundreds of rounds so the quicker the task was done, the better. Like any complex machine, the 650 appreciates care and good maintenance and will reward you with "bullet-proof" performance. (I just could not pass that opportunity by!)
I have a rock crusher for rifles. I have considered .223, but arrrgh, they are so frigging tiny and I have fat fingers!
 
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