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.
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 |