Originally Posted by
gundownunder
I'm not a huge fan of some of Lee's "precision" products, and have been known to knock them on this forum several times, but I will vouch for their presses.
15 years ago when I started reloading I could only afford a basic kit to start with, so I bought a Challenger press kit.
I reload for 357 and 32-20, and used to reload for 222, and have lost count of how many thousands of rounds I have made on that press, but it's still going. It's starting to wear, but I've had my moneys worth, and then some.
I'm sure that their old classic cast press would last more than one lifetime.
If you lined up a few of the best selling brands of presses, and made a batch of 5 - 10 rounds on each, then benchrest tested them, I bet only the best of benchrest shooters with their top notch target rifles would be able to show a difference.