I guess I have one and half. The Lee classic press and the Lee hand press. Guess I would count the Lee hand Press as a half. More often then not I use the Lee hand Press mostly now.
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I guess I have one and half. The Lee classic press and the Lee hand press. Guess I would count the Lee hand Press as a half. More often then not I use the Lee hand Press mostly now.
"Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far."
~Theodore Roosevelt~
Eight, it seems like too many when I counted them up but I use them all contently.
I'm a lite weight only five
RCBS rock chucker bought new in 1982
Two Lyman Spar-t's currently retired as I try out the Mag T
Lyman Mag T
12 ga. MEC
One more since I decided to buy a RCBS A2 for some reason.
I own a Lee 'Classic cast' press, a Lee 'Load master' progressive I don't use', two Lyman 'Spartan' presses.
My favorite is the Lee classic cast press I bought just so I could use the big diameter dies(1 1/4" dies). I inherited two Lyman Spartans and the Lee progressive. I have lots of die sets/plates and bits and pieces for the Lee loadmaster progressive but have not set it up for my use yet.
The old Lyman presses I do use on occasion and need to get some more shell holders in my commonly loaded calibers so I could set-up and run all three manual presses at once....sort of a 'poor-boy' progressive set-up.
1 Redding T7 Used on the bench - Rnd count 50,000-100,000
2 Mec shotshell loaders Stored under the bench Rnd count 0 in the last twenty years
1 Dillon 650 Used on the Bench - Rnd Count 25,0000 +
1 RCBS Pro 2000 Used on the Bench Rnd Count 10,000 +/-
1 RCBS RC Mobile Set up for R&D at the range Rnd Count 5000 +/-
If I could only have 1 it would be the Redding T7, I would sure miss the Rnd count on the Dillon, but the Redding is built like a tank nothing ever breaks on it. I would have to have my Dillon powder dropper mounted on the Redding though.
Last edited by Gunners Mate; 09-13-2017 at 09:06 PM.
Dang, I hate it when I realize that I have increased my number of presses by four since I voted!
2 650
3 550
1 SL900
1 T7
2 Lyman Turrets
4 single stage
2 Mec Jr
These are the mounted ones.........there are a few others under the bench and on loan to friends!!
Hi my name is Nate and I have a Problem...........I am out of bench space!!!
I've added 2 more to my bench and given one away. If anyone has a priming assembly for the Smart Mark XIV i'd be interested.
Oops apparently I voted before I got my LnL, make that 3.
My feedback page if you feel inclined to add:
http://castboolits.gunloads.com/show...raight-Shooter
Thanks Yall!
Hopefully I didn't miss any, but here goes:
4 Rock Chuckers
3 RCBS turret presses with multiple turrets
2 RCBS A2's
1 RCBS Summit
1 RCBS Pro Chucker 5
3 RCBS PiggyBack upgrades
1 Lyman Spar-T turret press
1 Lyman Spartan
1 Redding T-25 (in the process of refurbishing it)
1 Lee Pro-2000 (yuck...)
1 Herters Super Model 3
1 Lee turret, 1 Lee hand press, mostly for decapping.
I can't help but to think I'm missing one but here's what I can remember
1 Challenger
1 3 hole turret
2 4 hole turrets
1 LEE C press
1 Lyman Acculine hand press
1 RCBS RS3
1 LEE Load All 20 ga
1 LEE Load All 12 ga
1 MEC 650 12 ga
1 MEC 600 12 ga
2 MEC 600 20 ga
Five, but only really use three of them
Think there's 6 if I counted right?
The ones in place are old Lyman's.A turret for handguns and two single stage,orange crushers? for rifles.
Just upped my count to 3 with the addition of a 1975 RCBS JR3. Needs to be beat blasted and painted but in good shape other than that.
2 Stars and 2 loadmasters but I want a Dillon 1050. Actually I really want a fully automated set up. No wait I want to buy Federal (the whole company) so I can give up loading my own and take my stock dividends in match ammo. Well that sounds unlikely, so yeah just a new 1050 for now, but with a bullet feeder and a case feeder and a cool table and and and
Dillon 550-my main squeeze! I'm simply in love with the volume and modularity.
Spar-T-Have it set up for 2 calibers out at the farm for if I get bored
Rock chucker 2- Man....I like using this to push through size
Lee C press- size smaller stuff, 9mm and whatnot
Lee hand press-----EVERYONE should have at least 1 of these, especially now that they take the quick change die collets!!!
Not nearly enough (according to me) ... way too many (according to my wife) ...
I may have passed my "Best Before" date, but I haven't reached my "Expiry" date!
Just added 1 more to the collection. I found a RCBS Jr press at the local auction and couldn't pass it up along with a set of 9mm dies for $40
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 |