turret press question

[major519]

Just getting back in the game after many years. Used to reload 20 plus years ago and can't remember for the life of me what kind of press I used to use.

My press was an older used one at the time, I would guess it was 20 years old then so it would make it circa 1970s.

It was a turret style, real heavy duty cast and was painted factory red. The turret itself was black. Does this remind anyone out there who the maker may have been? I seem to think Lyman but thought they only painted their equipment orange?

 

[tacticalII]

The only turret style I have seen is Lee but your press is older then me.

 

[ahlsy]

Maybe?? it was a Lyman AA (All American) I just picked one up and your description sounds right. I can't take a picture for you to compare right now though. I just moved and I'm not unpacking my gear until my reloading/gun room is done.

 

[tjhaile]

It could have been a Pacific press. They were painted red after they were bought by Hornady.

 

[Chronor]

Aren't Lees usually red?

 

[Starscream]

http://z.about.com/d/hunting/1/0/a/1/lymanturret1.jpg <-- old style lyman turret

 

[Boomer]

It was likely the Lyman you had. While it is OK for loading, I would prefer the tighter and larger Redding turret press, particularly if you intend to load rifle cartridges. The turret of the Lyman was pretty wobbly for heavy use, and was a finger pincher to boot. The old pre-orange Lyman I used had a grey body and a red turret as I recall.

 

[major519]

IIRC, mine was a 4 position. The Lyman All American sounds correct but cannot find a picture to confirm this. I remember it being a great press, I liked the fact that I could set up my dies in the turret and leave em set plus the extra hole for a powder dispenser.

THe rear of the turret had an adjustment bolt I belive to act like a kjack screw to assist in supporting the turret when doing heavy caliber casings.


I only ever used it one station at a time, doing each stage on a batch before changing to the next op and dies. I also never utilized the prime setup because I remeber this being the one fault of this particular press, always used a handprime.

Can anyone offer a suggestion to a similar style of press being offered today? I would buy another one of these oldies in a heartbeat.

 

[Boomer]

Check out the Redding T-7 Turret Press. If you want a turret press, this is the answer.

http://w ww.redding-reloading.com/pages/presses.html

 

[CanAm]

+1 for T-7. Best manual turret out there.

 

[Ice-Pick]

Sounds like Hornady not Lee