Progressive loading

7mm_ultra_mag_is_king

Ok, why don't one of you "mass ammo producers" help me out here. I am big time into reloading but have never used a progressive, I have just aquired a big 'ol pile of .40s&w and .223 brass and I want to load up some plinkers. If I attempt to load them all on my single stage I will be an old man till they are done. What should I look for to load all of these? What press is best and are they reliable? Do I have to worry about overloads once it is set? Can I load 5000+ shells a day easily with a progressive? I'm off on comp for a few weeks and I thought loading shells will keep me from going coo coo so I bought one heck of a bunch of empties, powder bulets and primers, all I need now is a reliable press. someone help. all I get from Grices gun shop is a sales pitch.

muley

7mm..... www.dillonprecision.com All you'll have to worry about is keeping enough components on hand.

idsman75

Wow. You did it just opposite from me. I went out and picked up a press from the Cabela's store in Owatonna, MN. This weekend I bought a workbench (never had room for one since I joined the Army until now) and a few fireproof safes to store primers and powder. The Army rents me a one-bedroom apartment and that workbench looks great against the east wall in my bedroom!

InlawsNoutlaws

7mm, I have had really good luck with Dillon progressives. I load alot of handgun ammo for matches. The square deal B loader for handgun works really well. I've used their products for about 10 yrs. and have never had a complaint. Broke my first primer seating punch a while back. E-mailed them and they shipped another out in 2 days (no charge). For your rifle ammo you will want a 550 or bigger as the SDB is for handgun only. Still like to load my rifle and match pistol one by one in a Rock Chucker but thats just me. I think all the bigger companies make very good presses just thought I'd share a little first hand experience. Whatever you choose you'll love the progressive. MORE AMMO FASTER=MORE FUN AND PRACTICE! I can load 300hr. no prob. after getting the rythem down. Shoot Straight

InlawsNoutlaws

Oh yeah, I don't think most of the better progressives have the ability to double charge if you are paying any attention at all. I was really skeptical about that when I first started progressive. I checked about every 5th. round until I got comfortable. Never had a squib or a overcharge. My 2 dillons are accurate to 1/10 grn. on a dig. scale. Changing calibres takes about 15 min. Very safe system in my opinion but I still wear saftey glasses. And mount em' to something SOLID! Shoot Straight

j2k22

Dillon.

loader44

If I could had MTCW, I have Two Lee progressives, started with them, If I could start over, I would still buy a Lee. I dont think the Dillion is that much better than the Lee and the cost for the Lee is so much less. I have had a part break on my Lee, sent an E-Mail to Lee about the broken part, received new part in three days," NO CHARGE ". So, IMHO, if you have a big load of cash to spend, buy the Dillion, if you want a good progressive, buy a LEE.BTW, have loaded well over 15000rds on each of my LEE presses.loader44.