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    Here's my Favorite! But I'm biased.

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    Single stage: Bonanza Co-Ax
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    A Lyman T2 but I was gifted a Dillon 550. The T2 has fewer hiccups.

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    If I could only keep one it would be my Lee Classic Cast turret. Or my trusty old Orange Crusher, or my Dillon 550B.

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    Hello, new guy here I have a reading turret, the big reading press, a star for 38's, hollywood press, dillon 550, hornady turret, I use the reading turret and hollywood press the most.

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    The Bonanza Co-Ax press is far away my favorite. l've owned Hornady, Lyman, RCBS, and multiple Lee's, and they all work well enough. However, none of the others match the reliability, versatility, and ruggedness of the Co-Ax IMHO for metallic cartridge loading.

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    Started, in my mid teens, with a Lyman Spartan (new]). In my mid 20s I bought a RockChucker (again new). In the mid 1980s, I bought Redding Boss (didn't like it and sold it) and a used Lyman Spar-T. I still have and use both Lymans and the RockChucker. I bought a Lee reloading manual and got a free press which I gave to a co-worker so he could get started loading. Over the years I have traded for or bought 3 or 4 RCBS Jr's. And still have 1 that gets regular use. I have loaded 10s of thousands of pistol and rifle ammo on my single stage presses. At this stage of my life, even the thought of spending over a grand on a reloading press seems ludacris although IF I was 25 years younger and still shooting significant quantities of ammo, a progressive would be on my list.
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    started with a brand new "BIG MAX" bought it at Fridays Gun shop in Fort Myers nearly 40 yrs ago. There hasn't been a case I couldn't crush or wedge into the wrong dies yet. Have a brand new Rock Crusher still in box (just in case) I load for recreation not production. Would like to try out a dillion just for giggles and such.

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    I have 2 rockchuckers, Lee classic cast single, Lee classic turret, RCBS "JR", a little Lee "c" and a Lyman spartan. I like all of them, but if I was forced to pick I guess it would be the one that stays clamped to the bench the most - the Lee classic cast single. In years past I used an older rockchucker and an RCBS ammomaster single and a Lyman orange crusher. Lost all my reloading stuff to hurricane Katrina and had to start over, so I ended up with the above.
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    I have 4 Dillons 550,2-SDB's & a 650 and last year I bought a Mec Marksman single stage, first single stage I ever owned in the 30 years of reloading. The Mec is very impressive, smooth as silk and well built! IMHO
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    3 Lyman O mags bolted in a line next to a T mag. So,make it orange for me.

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    Rockchucker is the workhorse, co-ax for fine tuning.
    Lee Pro 1000 for most of the pistol stuff. Hopefully this winter I will get the Dillion and a Star set up.

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    8 station Hollywood Turret, mainly for rifle and small batch pistol rounds.

    RCBS Piggyback for volume reloads.

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    I sold a Herter's press and bought a RockChucker in the 70's and have been using it ever since. Sometime in the 80's I added a Dillon 550 to the bench that I use for pistol ammo and 5.56 and 308.

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Abbreviations used in Reloading

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