Forums
New posts
Search forums
What's new
New posts
New media
New media comments
Latest activity
Classifieds
Media
New media
New comments
Search media
Log in
Register
What's New?
Search
Search
Search titles only
By:
New posts
Search forums
Menu
Log in
Register
Navigation
Install the app
Install
More Options
Advertise with us
Contact Us
Close Menu
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Forums
The Range
Ammo & Reloading
deprime and clean or dont worry about it
Search titles only
By:
Reply to Thread
This site may earn a commission from merchant affiliate links, including eBay, Amazon, and others.
Message
<blockquote data-quote="acp" data-source="post: 2274455" data-attributes="member: 8991"><p>I will try to answer a few questions for you. I quit using walnut/corn cob media long ago. I use a thumlers tumbler and stainless steel pins for media. I decap first, then clean. The brass comes out spotless primer holes and all. I used to tumble with primers in then just run them through the press. Nothing wrong with it, but sometimes there is lots of junk in the primer pockets. I will also use nasty old range brass and after decap/ tumble I insect it, this process works better for nasty old brass and will make it look new no matter how tarnished.</p><p> Presses, well I won't get into blue presses vs every other press out there. I have never used a Dillion and so I won't comment about them. However I just sold my RCBS progressive press and all the shell plates and went to a Hornady lock and lock AP. There are pluses and minuses for all of them. One of the nicest things about going from the RCBS setup to the Hornady is the size of the presses. The Hornady is a much larger diameter press and therefor you hands can get in there to work on things easier.</p><p></p><p> [ATTACH]31806[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p> you can see the difference in the shell plate sizes, the RCBS is the smaller one. </p><p> After looking around I think the Hornady LNL press is the best bang for the buck. It is not as expensive as the blue presses and works just fine. I like it a lot better than the RCBS setup. Having said that I loaded thousands of rounds on the RCBS. Just my opinion. Unfortunately it is hard to get demos of all types of presses to see what works the best for you. If I understand the blue press numbers the 550 does not index itself? I am not sure but for me it kind of kills the purpose of a progressive press. The Hornady has one outstanding feature and that is the dies go into quick change bushings on the press. I just got done decaping 1k 45's and I just used the decap die in the press and it was very fast, they are tumbling now. It takes seconds to change dies or remove them, or the powder measure. I would say the best thing you can do is get on youtube and check all the presses out there. Tons of videos to watch of them all. </p><p></p><p>And yes, even though my brass is sized and cleaned before I put it on the auto press to load I still run it through the decap die just to make sure there is nothing stuck in the primer hole and make sure that a piece of brass that was not decaped doesn't get into the press and cause a jamb when you try to force a primer into a full hole.</p><p>Good luck with it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="acp, post: 2274455, member: 8991"] I will try to answer a few questions for you. I quit using walnut/corn cob media long ago. I use a thumlers tumbler and stainless steel pins for media. I decap first, then clean. The brass comes out spotless primer holes and all. I used to tumble with primers in then just run them through the press. Nothing wrong with it, but sometimes there is lots of junk in the primer pockets. I will also use nasty old range brass and after decap/ tumble I insect it, this process works better for nasty old brass and will make it look new no matter how tarnished. Presses, well I won't get into blue presses vs every other press out there. I have never used a Dillion and so I won't comment about them. However I just sold my RCBS progressive press and all the shell plates and went to a Hornady lock and lock AP. There are pluses and minuses for all of them. One of the nicest things about going from the RCBS setup to the Hornady is the size of the presses. The Hornady is a much larger diameter press and therefor you hands can get in there to work on things easier. [ATTACH=CONFIG]31806[/ATTACH] you can see the difference in the shell plate sizes, the RCBS is the smaller one. After looking around I think the Hornady LNL press is the best bang for the buck. It is not as expensive as the blue presses and works just fine. I like it a lot better than the RCBS setup. Having said that I loaded thousands of rounds on the RCBS. Just my opinion. Unfortunately it is hard to get demos of all types of presses to see what works the best for you. If I understand the blue press numbers the 550 does not index itself? I am not sure but for me it kind of kills the purpose of a progressive press. The Hornady has one outstanding feature and that is the dies go into quick change bushings on the press. I just got done decaping 1k 45's and I just used the decap die in the press and it was very fast, they are tumbling now. It takes seconds to change dies or remove them, or the powder measure. I would say the best thing you can do is get on youtube and check all the presses out there. Tons of videos to watch of them all. And yes, even though my brass is sized and cleaned before I put it on the auto press to load I still run it through the decap die just to make sure there is nothing stuck in the primer hole and make sure that a piece of brass that was not decaped doesn't get into the press and cause a jamb when you try to force a primer into a full hole. Good luck with it. [/QUOTE]
Insert Quotes…
Verification
Post Reply
Forums
The Range
Ammo & Reloading
deprime and clean or dont worry about it
Search titles only
By:
Top
Bottom