progressive reloading presses consistency

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Gabrile

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I have been reloading single press for my .308. I measure the powder for each load for consistency.

My question is for those who have experience in progressive reloading presses. Is the powder load, bullet seating, overall length consistent? or is there some sort of variance?

Or is progressive press a better option for bulk reloading like .223 & 9mm? but not that good for precision shooting?
 
IMO there are 2 types of people who reload. (Talking rifle & pistol: shotgun is a different game)

Person 1 wants every bullet to go through the same hole in the paper.
This person has a single stage press.

Person 2 shoots a lot, sometimes just fun, plinking, maybe ipsc, etc, but needs a lot of ammunition, wants every shot to go bang.
This person has a progressive press.

My 2 cents.
 
Ever consider a turret press. Saves set up time, over a single stage, more ability to verify than a progressive.

The speed is between the two, i get excellent, consistent, precision rifle loads with my Redding T7. I did however keep my Rockchucker, which presently is slaved to a decapping die, also used for bullet pulling.
 
Bigbubba said:
IMO there are 2 types of people who reload. (Talking rifle & pistol: shotgun is a different game)

Person 1 wants every bullet to go through the same hole in the paper.
This person has a single stage press.

Person 2 shoots a lot, sometimes just fun, plinking, maybe ipsc, etc, but needs a lot of ammunition, wants every shot to go bang.
This person has a progressive press.

My 2 cents.
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hahahah I am person one and two
 
nowarningshot said:
Ever consider a turret press. Saves set up time, over a single stage, more ability to verify than a progressive.

The speed is between the two, i get excellent, consistent, precision rifle loads with my Redding T7. I did however keep my Rockchucker, which presently is slaved to a decapping die, also used for bullet pulling.
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never thought of turret press, but I noticed the time-consuming part for me is the powder.

I guess ill keep the single press for my 308 & 6.5 CRM. If i decided to reload my .223, 9mm, or .45 ill get progressive.

I thought it might be consistent so it would be worth buying.
 
I am person 1
Like NWS, I have. Turret press, set up for the 3 caliber s I shoot, 22-250; 260; 308.
All use #3 shell holder...
I have 3 trimmers, each dedicated to a caliber.
All I ever have to play with is the powder dispenser...which I carefully measure each charge.
 
You can use a weight-measured powder load with a progressive. All you have to do is replace the powder drop with a powder-through die. It'll slow down the whole process, but it'll still be faster than a turret press, and it will provide the same consistency on everything.
 
Gabrile said:
I have been reloading single press for my .308. I measure the powder for each load for consistency.

My question is for those who have experience in progressive reloading presses. Is the powder load, bullet seating, overall length consistent? or is there some sort of variance?

Or is progressive press a better option for bulk reloading like .223 & 9mm? but not that good for precision shooting?
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One of my presses is the lee classic turret press, use it for pistol rounds and 45/70, love it.
 
If you shoot pistol and rifle, you need both.
I wouldn’t try to make precision rounds on my progressive and for sure wouldn’t load pistol on a single stage or turret. I tried the turret thing and it wasn’t really effective for precise rounds either. The biggest thing with accurate reloads is brass prep. After it’s resized, there’s a bunch of steps outside of the press. Nobody is doing all that one piece of brass at a time. It’s all done in batches. With a turret, you’ll save swapping dies one time. Literally 40 seconds.
 
RCBS Rock Crusher Jr. with primmer feed. for all my rifles, 2000 plus rounds, 222 to 300wm, Lee 1000 for handgun, the primer feed gave me gray hair, so now I resize and prime with the RCBS single stage, bell,powder,and bullet with the lee 1000,it works very well for those stages.
 
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