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Thread: Tired of my Single Stage...........what next?

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    Quote Originally Posted by W.R.Buchanan View Post
    Gavin also did a video on My Hand Press, he liked it and was actually sizing .308 Machine Gun Brass in one stroke. It takes me 3 strokes to get one sized on my Rock Chucker.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LnVUXKdqHcs&t=307s

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QifWLBl8HrY&t=674s

    have a look.

    Randy
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    Danny, I didn’t compare the 550 to a Cobra. I suggested that it didn’t make sense to get rid of something because others like. Makes the same sense to me as getting rid of an AR-15 because there are lots of tacticool folks that are enthusiastic about them. Getting rid of something because you just don’t like it, OTOH, makes all the sense in the world.
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    dannyd: it will easily do any of those, and anything else shorter than 3.75" I have a guy who loads .577 NE on his by the campfire in Africa! however it is not the right tool for loading Hi volume. It is a Single Stage Press

    Randy
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    Probably already mentioned, but converting my ancient RCBS Rock Chucker single stage into a Lee Breech Lock using Lee's inexpensive screw-in adapter (https://leeprecision.com/1-1-4-12-bl-update-kit.html) made the single stage amazingly quick to use.

    Then get a supply of spline-drive Breech Lock adapters with built-in lock rings. https://leeprecision.com/lock-ring-elim-4-pack.html

    I've actually found myself pulling dies out of my Dillon 550 tool blocks and setting them up for the single stage; especially sizing dies for shouldered cases that need trimming.

    If a case needs trimming, you really need to work them before they're ready for a progressive press: Decapping, tumbling, sizing, trimming, deburring can all be done on a single stage easier than a progressive. After the brass is prepped, then the progressive works well.

    The progressive press works great for straight wall pistol calibers.

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