Best reloading press for the money?

[unclebill]

only if you promise to smoke while ur reloading. and you have to make a new avatar that says PEE ON LEE

i want to paint my beloved dillon red and put lee stickers on it.
just to give my buddies heart palpitations......

[sergeant69]

probably would, too.

[Moonie]

I have never had a Dillon so I can't comment on them, I have had a Pro1000 and it is a very nice press for the money. I loaded thousands of rounds on it, .357, 9mm, 44, 445SM and 45.

Currently I have a LoadMaster with all the bells and whistles, including boolit feeder, loaded 100 45's last night in about 10 minutes, wasn't trying to blaze through them, just doing some while my oldest son was loading .223's on my lee turret beside me.

[Daddyfixit]

" You can't fight in here....This is a War Room!"
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

[sergeant69]

I have never had a Dillon so I can't comment on them, I have had a Pro1000 and it is a very nice press for the money. I loaded thousands of rounds on it, .357, 9mm, 44, 445SM and 45.

Currently I have a LoadMaster with all the bells and whistles, including boolit feeder, loaded 100 45's last night in about 10 minutes, wasn't trying to blaze through them, just doing some while my oldest son was loading .223's on my lee turret beside me.

did ya remember to put tape on the primer feeder? ignore me! i had back surgery in nov. and still on my meds. i can load 5,000 rds an hour on my 650 when they kick in good. or maybe its 5 rds an hour. ask me tomorrow BEFORE i take em.

[unclebill]

i dont compete or anything like that.
but i DO love to shoot
and all i wanted was to load faster than i shoot..
i got that in spades.

[Cowboy T]

i want to paint my beloved dillon red and put lee stickers on it.
just to give my buddies heart palpitations......

Oh, if you do, please post pics! I so would love to make that my background bitmap.

Oh, wait...then you'd have to wrap the primer tubes with tape, wouldn't you? Ah well....

[unclebill]

Oh, if you do, please post pics! I so would love to make that my background bitmap.

Oh, wait...then you'd have to wrap the primer tubes with tape, wouldn't you? Ah well....

[unclebill]

so
wadaya think?
pretty slick eh?

[DCM]

Not quite sure, but that may be the ONLY way to void the Dillon warranty! LOLhttp://castboolits.gunloads.com/images/smilies/custom/veryconfused.gif

[sergeant69]

[QUOTE=DCM;1115704]Not quite sure, but that may be the ONLY way to void the Dillon warranty! LOLhttp://castboolits.gunloads.com/images/smilies/custom/veryconfused.gif[/QUOTE

really!! good thing it was only a "photoshop" type thing. otherwise if it had been real orange paint the press would of melted and he could made some hardcast boolits out of it.

[unclebill]

[QUOTE=sergeant69;1115949]

Not quite sure, but that may be the ONLY way to void the Dillon warranty! LOLhttp://castboolits.gunloads.com/images/smilies/custom/veryconfused.gif[/QUOTE

really!! good thing it was only a "photoshop" type thing. otherwise if it had been real orange paint the press would of melted and he could made some hardcast boolits out of it.

so you could tell it was fake huh?
i need to work on that i guess....

[garym1a2]

I like my Lee Classic turrent press. Load up one caliber and in less than a minute I can change the turrent and load another caliber. I keep a different powder measure on each turrent. One for 45acp, one for 38 special and one for .223.
My speed is only 150-180 rnds per hour. I have no experance with the progressives though.

[thehouseproduct]

While I recognize that the original question concerned progressive presses, I would offer that a Lyman Turret is the best press for the money. I can set it up to reload 2 calibers, no plastic anywhere, solid, replacement parts available, good warranty beyond 2 years. For less than $200, you can set it up to prime on the press quickly and easily with no plastic parts. You can use all the press mounted tools, from priming to pocket swaging, to boolit sizing dies. If I had only one press on the bench, this would be it. A Dillon 650 can't size a boolit. It can't swage a primer pocket on the press.

[sergeant69]

It can't swage a primer pocket on the press.

actually it can. check out the 1050.

[thehouseproduct]

What would you consider to be the best reloading press for the money? I was looking at the Dillon 650 ....

It can't swage a primer pocket on the press.

actually it can. check out the 1050.

Actually what we are all talking(Dillon 650) about can't.

[sergeant69]

Actually what we are all talking(Dillon 650) about can't.

well, you said " A DILLON" and A DILLON can. a 1050.

[thehouseproduct]

well, you said " A DILLON" and A DILLON can. a 1050.

Well you so very clever for pointing out a needless technicality instead of offering anything of value to the thread.

I edited my post to preserve your fragile sensibilities.

[sergeant69]

not my fault if you can't afford the good stuff. might try using spellcheck though, its free!

[45nut]

no point in continuing this thread beyond ford-chevy-dodge.... relax and enjoy the site as friends, not antagonists please.