Where is the best deal for a progessive?
- Thread starter DancesWithEmptyCasings
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I got mine from that Amazon seller and didn't get hit with any shipping or duties.
Henry Nierychlo
CGN frequent flyer
- Location
- Surrey, B.C.
That supplier has since pulled the listing from Amazon for that price & replaced it with a much higher price. Someone there didn't know what they were doing when listing the press. They were selling it below their cost after shipping. They weren't converting the price from USD to CDN funds properly.
Regards, Henry
Not sure if there are many good deals across the boarder not now. Many places just don't ship to Canada. Check Brownells as they will ship to Canada but for the LNL AP ammo plant there isn't much savings after shipping. I scored with those amazon deals. I got a RCBS Trim mate for $143 all in, Trim pro power for $304, Rockchucker supreme $182. Frankfort arsenal platinum rotary tumbler $199 and a Hornady 22 cal bullet feeder for $350. That shop no longer has those items on amazon or at least for that price and they no longer have free shipping.
Rocket Surgery
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
If you're buying for someone else, maybe don't get the cheapest press. Make sure you don't get a Dillon either, I wouldn't wish that on my worst ex girlfriend. I've used the Hornady and it was good, same as the load master and only about 150 bucks more.
I just don't understand anyone recommending presses that are not progressive presses like the OP asked for. So, see Henry from Budget and get the Hornady LNL. It is the easiest and best designed progressive. Unless you drink the Blue coolaid. The LNL is cheaper than the 650 and way way better design. Easy caliber changes and super easy primer size changes. Way less parts that are not necessary. Dillons work but they are just stupidly over engineered . I could go on. Just get the Hornady.
Got a tumbler, a LnL AP, and a fiber optic sight for my GP100. Wish they'd had a pistol bullet feeder instead of the rifle.
Should have bought a bunch of items and sold them on the EE.
In hind sight that would have been a good idea. The bullet feeder is on Brownells for quite a bit less than in canada. That said I find my pistol bullet feeder to not be great. I have to try some modifications I found online that involve drilling some holes and inserting a U shaped piece of 12 ga copper wire to get them to feed correctly. The Mr. Bullet feeder looks like it works much better according to YouTube videos but also more money.
- Location
- Calgary, AB
Bingo
But again, it's not a progressive. The LNL is actually easier to use than a 550, rounds can easily be removed at any station if there is a mistake and if a primer seizes the whole thing up, just loosen one nut holding the shell plate down and remove the jammed case. It really does not get any easier than the LNL.
If I was able to do it all over again and we had the benefits of YouTube "how to videos", my first press would have been a Dillon 650 for my pistol rounds as a progressive compromise (with case feeder). It's not rocket science to set up and operate. My first multiple die press was the Lee Turret Press, and it was great for my purposes when I was shooting like a few hundred rounds per month. But once you get to the few hundred rounds per week situation, a real progressive is useful where multiple things happen with one cycle of the handle. Contrary to established thought, I think a progressive is fine for a first press given the resources we have today. Even 10 years ago, I would have suggested otherwise.
My Hornady is over 25 years old and still ticking. Never sent it out for warranty, just replaced a few springs. Was/is one of the easiest to use and setup. Have over 300K rounds through it, and still looks almost the same as when I biught it.
easy to mod, but has its limitations versus the LnL AP, Hornady eveen offeereed to reeplace it for free if I wanted, to keep the warranty active as they are running out of thee older presses parts.
they earneed my loyalty for life, free bullets help too
easy to mod, but has its limitations versus the LnL AP, Hornady eveen offeereed to reeplace it for free if I wanted, to keep the warranty active as they are running out of thee older presses parts.
they earneed my loyalty for life, free bullets help too
I got my Dillon 650 from Prophet River, no tax,free shipping
If you ask nice, they may offer you that deal.
I can load a few hundred rnds of 9 mm , in about an hour.
The case feeder is soon gonna be added.
I’m a fairly new reloader,with three years on a SS press , I thought the 650 looked pretty scary, but it was very easy to set up and use.
If you ask nice, they may offer you that deal.
I can load a few hundred rnds of 9 mm , in about an hour.
The case feeder is soon gonna be added.
I’m a fairly new reloader,with three years on a SS press , I thought the 650 looked pretty scary, but it was very easy to set up and use.
I got my Dillon 650 from Prophet River, no tax,free shipping
If you ask nice, they may offer you that deal.
I can load a few hundred rnds of 9 mm , in about an hour.
The case feeder is soon gonna be added.
I’m a fairly new reloader,with three years on a SS press , I thought the 650 looked pretty scary, but it was very easy to set up and use.
Would you say the three years gave you the confidence and knowledge to know which press to buy and eventually set it up accordingly? I see a lot of people suggesting to skip that step and go straight for the big time.
If I was ever to start over thats what I'd do, I'd get a motorized press if I could afford it. I'd rather spend my time loading the finished cartridges into boxes, rather than cranking on that damm lever for hours at a time.
I reload so I can shoot more often, but I can,t really say honestly that I enjoy it like a lot of you fellas. Super tight groups don,t do much for me most times, as I'm more of a hunter type, and think by minute of moose.
I reload so I can shoot more often, but I can,t really say honestly that I enjoy it like a lot of you fellas. Super tight groups don,t do much for me most times, as I'm more of a hunter type, and think by minute of moose.
I still use my SS,for rifle.
I think I would’ve definitely been able to use the PP , 3 years ago.
I made mistakes with the SS as well.
Yes ,knowing how a press works , helped, but so do the instructors and you tube.
- Location
- West Quebec
I bought my 650 from a CGN member who hardly used it and then added some bells and whistles it was a good buy less than retail and I paid to have it shipped by bus because of the weight
