Been thinking about one, just moved into a fifth wheel and thinking I could still reload. Anyone use one or see in person?
Been thinking about one, just moved into a fifth wheel and thinking I could still reload. Anyone use one or see in person?
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looks like an old Huntington hand press. I had a Huntington, good for very low volume. A very capable press though.
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Keep your fingers open, get a ram prime, and enjoy the process. I have number 41 and use it once in a while. I prime on an RCBS bench unit anyway.
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It is a very versatile, smooth hand tool. I love mine, though I have not used it in quite a while. It was money well spent.
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I may well upgrade eventually from the Lee Hand Press I have, they look nice. My budget bites tho so not this week.
I went through the same steps,Mr_Sheesh. I had to have a field press and bought the Lee for price and availability. I used it and a couple of the guys I shot with borrowed and used it as well... all with perfect satisfaction. It only got replaced when a NOS HDS Compac became available at an attractive price at a gun show. While the nicer version of the hand press is... nicer, I probably would have been just as happy with the Lee if that had been the way things went. You get what you pay for though, and there is a certain pride of ownership and satisfaction when you go top shelf.
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PS One special use for mine is a final taper crimp on loaded rounds that don’t pass the “plunk test.” I don’t have to go back and reset my bench press that way. I can even do this at the range.
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Thanks everyone for all the information
Buchanan Hand Press Its a quality press .. well made for the price ..
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I have one in our 5th wheel. Using it to work up 270 loads while on the road. I brought a powder scale and a Lee hand primer with me. Working well, but slow production.
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It is a slow process with any single hole hand operated machine. The Buchanan (I have two) is a fine tool and can be taken along where other tools cannot be. It does not require a bench mounting, but it can be so mounted. The RCBS Partner press is a real treasure if space for a bench mount can be provided, even temporarily (mine is bolted to a steel plate and thus mounted using a C clamp). But, if hand operation is needed, the Buchanan is tops. Handsome thing, too.
BP | Bronze Point | IMR | Improved Military Rifle | PTD | Pointed |
BR | Bench Rest | M | Magnum | RN | Round Nose |
BT | Boat Tail | PL | Power-Lokt | SP | Soft Point |
C | Compressed Charge | PR | Primer | SPCL | Soft Point "Core-Lokt" |
HP | Hollow Point | PSPCL | Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" | C.O.L. | Cartridge Overall Length |
PSP | Pointed Soft Point | Spz | Spitzer Point | SBT | Spitzer Boat Tail |
LRN | Lead Round Nose | LWC | Lead Wad Cutter | LSWC | Lead Semi Wad Cutter |
GC | Gas Check |