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<blockquote data-quote="Rez Exelon" data-source="post: 3503746" data-attributes="member: 5800"><p>So my personal assessment is this --- you'll want to have at least two presses --- a progressive setup for common stuff and a single stage for bigger stuff. I got both a Square Deal B and a RL550 recently, but like I said, I can't get rid of my single stages just yet. From your list, either of those Dillons would work great for the pistol calibers, but the Square Deal B can't do rifle cartridges, but it seems to run excellent and very fast on the calibers it does. Faster than the 550 would for those calibers even.</p><p></p><p>Now, say you were going to load 50/338. Most likely, I'd recommend going straight to the Lee 50 BMG press. If memory serves right you can get bushings to let you use regular dies in there to load things like 308/338 as well. As [USER=32]@Neckbeard[/USER] stated, 50 cal equipment gets high. You're looking at 300 for the Lee press/kit setup, primers are 50 cents each, bullets are 50 cents to a dollar each, and you go through about 240grains of powder per shot IIRC. Remembering that there's 7000 grains/lb you get 29 shots per pound for about a buck a shot. Add that up and you're looking at two bucks a shot minimum, and that's using pulldown bullets and powders. Point being, IMHO it's more cost/time efficient to shoot milsurp or commercial loads for 50, since most likely the 50 isn't going to send 100 rounds/session downrange.</p><p></p><p>I say all that because were you to drop the 50 out of the equation, all the calibers could be handled on a 550 or similar press with the proper investment in the conversion kits. I'm relatively new to the progressive world, but after chucking 1600 rounds out in about 6-7 hours the last few days, then holy crap, that's a great return on investment for me in terms of savings and my time. Doing those same rounds on a single stage would be probably in the 20-24 hours range of time.</p><p></p><p>EDIT: I should note as well, that part of my personal reloading strategy is that once you start talking about powder weights in the 40-50+ grain range, I much prefer to do those single stage --- just more opportunity for quality control on a charge that large.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Rez Exelon, post: 3503746, member: 5800"] So my personal assessment is this --- you'll want to have at least two presses --- a progressive setup for common stuff and a single stage for bigger stuff. I got both a Square Deal B and a RL550 recently, but like I said, I can't get rid of my single stages just yet. From your list, either of those Dillons would work great for the pistol calibers, but the Square Deal B can't do rifle cartridges, but it seems to run excellent and very fast on the calibers it does. Faster than the 550 would for those calibers even. Now, say you were going to load 50/338. Most likely, I'd recommend going straight to the Lee 50 BMG press. If memory serves right you can get bushings to let you use regular dies in there to load things like 308/338 as well. As [USER=32]@Neckbeard[/USER] stated, 50 cal equipment gets high. You're looking at 300 for the Lee press/kit setup, primers are 50 cents each, bullets are 50 cents to a dollar each, and you go through about 240grains of powder per shot IIRC. Remembering that there's 7000 grains/lb you get 29 shots per pound for about a buck a shot. Add that up and you're looking at two bucks a shot minimum, and that's using pulldown bullets and powders. Point being, IMHO it's more cost/time efficient to shoot milsurp or commercial loads for 50, since most likely the 50 isn't going to send 100 rounds/session downrange. I say all that because were you to drop the 50 out of the equation, all the calibers could be handled on a 550 or similar press with the proper investment in the conversion kits. I'm relatively new to the progressive world, but after chucking 1600 rounds out in about 6-7 hours the last few days, then holy crap, that's a great return on investment for me in terms of savings and my time. Doing those same rounds on a single stage would be probably in the 20-24 hours range of time. EDIT: I should note as well, that part of my personal reloading strategy is that once you start talking about powder weights in the 40-50+ grain range, I much prefer to do those single stage --- just more opportunity for quality control on a charge that large. [/QUOTE]
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