Thinking of reloading my own again - need some advice on inline presses.

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So I used to reload back in the day when I shot competitively but then moved and sold most of my equipment including the Dillon press and dies that I used.

I'm thinking of getting back into the game in a limited way since the cost of factory and the unavailability of good match 6.5X55 match ammo is an issue.
I'd like to start out fresh and go to an portable inline press such as a Sinclair and dies.

Is there anyone in Alberta or in Canada that sells inline presses and dies. I'm looking for someone that can advise me on this method of reloading

I don't have much space in my current workshop and would like the portability and convenience of this method of reloading (I may eventually decide to take it to the range and work up loads there as well)
 
I run Dillons and use a single stage, for my "target " type loading , it comes to the powder Charge consistency. I've never gotten anything to do that to .1 of a grain with out it being manually or a slow auto trickler. Using VV N150 powder with my Swedish Mauser CG63, I'm hitting 2 MOA @ 500m. I think I can tighten that up if I wasn't fighting negative temps
 
I reload this way using an arbor style press and using Wilson inline stainless seating dies. Some things to consider is if you compress the load the PSI goes up quite a bit for the seating process (I use a 21st Century hydro Arbor press). Also you need more auxiliary equipment (which adds more to the cost). They are really good calipers (Mitutoyo) and Hornady Ogive bullet comparators. Overall it's a very straight forward reloading process... nothing my 419 Zero/Forster Coax can't do.

There is one things I must mention. You MUST use a mandrel. Get the APW Expander mandrel set first. If you full length size a shell and then seat a bullet with an inline press and Wilson die, you will need considerable amount of PSI to seat the bullet when a conventional seating die on a press can easily get the job done. You must use the mandrel (.263 mandrel for 6.5) because inline seating is best for looser or light neck tension seating.

If you get any other questions feel free to ask. I haven't reloaded using inline arbor presses for very long as I tinkered around and found things out the hard way.
 
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