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Re: Single stage press.

Posted: Mon Mar 06, 2017 12:18 am
by Alpha1
These days I use either a Wamadet or a Arbor press for all my reloading needs. I am able to make bits for the Wamadet to make my reloading experience so much better. The arbor press is great for neck sizing using bushing dies. I have even made some L.E.Wilson type neck and seating dies up myself.
Seating with a Arbor press and micrometer top gives a lot more control of seating depths. I have other bench mounted presses but I rarely use them. None of them are Lee. :squirrel:
Try Adam at pukkabundhooks he usually has second hand stuff for sale I think he had a couple of Wamadets last time I was in his place.
If you are new to reloading my advice would be to buy either a single station RCBS rock Chucker or a Lyman Crusher or as a last resort the Lee cast single station jobby.
The RCBS or Lyman will last you several life times the initial cost may be a bit higher but you will never need to buy another press and they just work with out any issues.

Re: Single stage press.

Posted: Mon Mar 06, 2017 9:16 am
by ovenpaa
I certainly would not agree with a Lee being a last resort. The Lee cast classic is a superb press and we have one amongst our presses that has been in constant use and served us well for many years.

Re: Single stage press.

Posted: Mon Mar 06, 2017 9:39 am
by Alpha1
I dont have any experience with the Lee I stopped using there products years ago. (Except for there dies)

Re: Single stage press.

Posted: Mon Mar 06, 2017 1:10 pm
by 1066
+1 For the Lee classic cast single stage, it's my press of choice for accurate rifle rounds - My first Lee turret press, bought new in the mid 70's loaded 10's of thousands of rounds - The government kindly gave me £30 for it so I bought a new one that I still regularly use for gallery rounds.

Thinking back, I was loading around 600 a month for the club and 2-300 a week for my self for at least 10 years, little wonder it was feeling a bit loose when I handed it in.

Re: Single stage press.

Posted: Mon Mar 06, 2017 1:12 pm
by phaedra1106
Have to agree with Ovenpaa and 1066, I have 3 Lee presses, two Loadmaster progressives which took a fair bit of Youtubing to get set up properly but with the odd bit of TLC they churn out 44mag and 300aac at an alarming rate when required. The third is the non-cast Breech Lock Challenger which was well under £50 when I bought it in the USA, I was a bit wary at first not going for the cast version but over the years I've used it to full length size everything from 9mm to 338 Lapua Magnum without any effort or problems.

It's an excellent press for anyone doing multiple calibres and I prefer the Lee bushing system to the Hornady I have fitted on my RCBS Rock Chucker as the Lee doesn't ever come loose thanks to the locking button/indent system, and the primer catcher is a lot better too :)