Best press and dies to load .50 BMG?

[novalty]

How about Ten-X's TX-50 press.

[DukeInFlorida]

A few years ago, I got a government auction load of 50 BMG brass. I sold off most of it, keeping some in reserve for the day when I buy a Safety Harbor SHTF mag fed 50 upper for my AR platform.

As funds from selling off brass has allowed (along came cancer, and changed a lot in my life), I have been prepping for the day when I could make the purchase of the upper.

I waited and found a SALE at OPtics Planet for the Lee 50 BMG KIT, at just under $200 (think it was $197)... Then, they sent me a email, indicating that it was out of stock. After waiting another few weeks, I chatted with an online person there, and they deducted a 10% discount from my order total for the inconvenience of having to wait so long.

The eventually delivered, at a wonderful price.

I still don't have the upper, but have been keeping busy with making 50 BMG bottle openers for friends and family. These require that I full length resize the brass. I haven't been able to figure out how to remove the depriming pin from the sizing tool, so have to deal with punching out the old primer, chamfering the primer pocket, and re-installing the spent primer.

The press works well, and was a LOT less expensive than any of the other press/tool options.

[LUBEDUDE]

I bought 3 of those bottles openers on ebay maybe a year ago for family members. I hope I bought them from you Duke.

[LUBEDUDE]

How about Ten-X's TX-50 press.

Man if I was loading the Big Fifty, this Bad Boy has my name all over it!

I'm a big enough reloading addict AND gun addict that I just may buy both!

But of course, now it's a Sucker's market.

[nhrifle]

Duke, I think the decapping pin is pressed into the decapper. Lee sells a replacement rod cheap. A grinder will remove the pin quickly and you could have one set up for reloading and one for making bottle openers.

http://leeprecision.com/exp-decap-50-bmg.html

However, being a 50 BMG shooter, I cringe when I think of that brass being made non shootable.

[Kydaddy]

Lee press will do MG brass just be ready to order more handles (Lee won't charge you, great customer service). Be sure to buy Imperial Wax. Nothing comes close on the big boys

Project is currently sidelined, but you all have given me the info I needed. Looks like Lee kit is going to be the best answer, by the time I pieced together the bushing, dies, ram shellholder adapter, priming tools, etc. the shipping and time would eat up a lot of the advantage of a little more press clearance. I'm not using surplus machine gun brass and not loading a high volume, so the Lee kit route makes the most sense.

Gear

[Faret]

The decaping expander is one piece on my dies. A long punch and a hammer work for a decaper though.

[Shredon]

I bought an accumax and am thoroughly impressed with it! I can load standard 7/8 dies and also quickly adapt it to load my 50bmg.
Shes a beauty

[troyboy]

Where would one look at this Accu-max?

[nhrifle]

http://albertatacticalrifle.com/hika...eloading-press

[jmort]

If I had the $$$, this is the ultimate

https://www.ch4d.com/products/equipment/presses/RC000

[noylj]

I don't see what is so worthwhile about that single-stage press.
No, this is the ultimate:

http://www.camdexloader.com/2500Rotary.aspx

[jmorris]

I'm a big enough reloading addict AND gun addict that I just may buy both!

But of course, now it's a Sucker's market.

I always felt 50 BMG's were priced for "suckers" there is not that much more too them.

The AR upper style didn't exist when I had the itch for one. So, I built the one I have. Used a Lothar Walther chambered barrel blank and Maddi Griffin plans.