I am thinking of getting into reloading in the fall. I figured that buying a kit would be the best way to go and it would save me the hastle of having to buy seperate items. Also, I've heard that the progressive presses are much better than the single stage ones. All of the kits that I've been able to find (SIR, Russells, Wholesale) only come with the single stage presses. Are there any kits that come with the progressive presses or are they just an upgrade that one would have to do later on?
Reloading kits with progressive presses?
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I don't know of any progressives that come as a kit per say, however most progressives have things like powder measures primer seating etc built in. Basically you only need a scale and dies that I can think of.
However if I was you I'd start with a single stage press that comes in one of them kits. I recommend the RCBS Rockchucker kit, it's where I started and I love it. Thats not to say many other brands aren't great aswell.
I started with a single stage and recently aquired a progressive also by RCBS. I feel that you are way better off learning the basics on a single stage, and don't worry you will never regret having a single stage press around, things like brass conversions or sometimes even Full Length sizing of large magnum brass can be tasks much better suited to a single stage press.
However if I was you I'd start with a single stage press that comes in one of them kits. I recommend the RCBS Rockchucker kit, it's where I started and I love it. Thats not to say many other brands aren't great aswell.
I started with a single stage and recently aquired a progressive also by RCBS. I feel that you are way better off learning the basics on a single stage, and don't worry you will never regret having a single stage press around, things like brass conversions or sometimes even Full Length sizing of large magnum brass can be tasks much better suited to a single stage press.
i see the loadmaster comes as a package less the scale- however had i to do over again, i would have gone progressive right off the bat and not bothered with a single stage-been much cheaper and i wouldn't have a single floating around doing nothing- far too much screw/unscrew for my taste- if you don't want to go progressive, take a look at a turret- lee's classic be precise- with the auto index- you still get 1 round at a time, and can stop at each stage if you wish ,and you can do both rifle and pistol on it, granted it's a little slower than a progressive, but slow is good when you're new- and with extra turrets, you're not doing the screw thing
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With all of the progressive presses out there, are the single stage ones easy to sell off?
Would it be better to just buy a progressive and the dies and scale? I'd much rather buy something up front that I will enjoy and will last me a long time than get something that will just need replacing in the near future.
