Reloading Presses...How many ya got??

[Xstang77]

Last I counted...28

[Jlindly]

Only one press so far - a rock chucker because I have no space to set up in the garage yet. However, I do have 16 classic Lee Loaders. They’re slow but get the job done.

[steve urquell]

Only one press so far - a rock chucker because I have no space to set up in the garage yet. However, I do have 16 classic Lee Loaders. They’re slow but get the job done.

When I hadn't designated a space for my presses I would clamp them to a workbench to load then unclamp and store them

[2TM101]

Lee load all for 12, another for 20, a Dillon SDB and a single stage Lee press. So four. tool for loading .410 but its not a press so it doesn't count here, but even if it did I'm still in the 4-10 category with about half of you

[SiliconeSword]

Two, a Lee Pro 1000 and an RCBS JR2 from 1979. Great combo, don't feel at all limited by them

[John Wayne]

I never saw a press I didn't like ;^)
JW

[Travlin]

Still using my Herters Super O that I bought new in 1969. It has needle bearings in the linkage. Also have Herters turret press that I traded into a few years later.

[Rhys79]

I just got my first press, a Lee Challenger III, a few days ago. Loaded my first 9mm bullets this evening. I have Lee C-frame on the way that I'll setup as a permanent depriming station with the universal deprimer I got.

So far, I'm quite enjoying this hobby. Next up will be casting my own boolits

[shooterg]

I just got my first press, a Lee Challenger III, a few days ago. Loaded my first 9mm bullets this evening. I have Lee C-frame on the way that I'll setup as a permanent depriming station with the universal deprimer I got.

So far, I'm quite enjoying this hobby. Next up will be casting my own boolits

You are SOOO hooked !!

[JaCar]

Well - finally finding some time to get back on track with bsmt/reloading room reno's this week after a many month hiatus (newborn added to mix here last fall).
Just did another count including a few presses I dug up from storage & others I've added, think I'll almost redouble my count again since previous post; went from 9 --> 15 here now:

10. Sinclair Arbor press (found in storage)
11. Lyman Tru-Line Jr (have not yet used it, but couldn't resist after falling into a very large lot of 310 dies for next to nothing - future winter project I guess).
12. Lee Breechlock hand press (found in storage)

And... Finally could no longer resist urge to try out a BLUE press, so took the plunge on a few older used Dillon's here recently.

13. Dillon - 550 (came with 9mm dies, but will likely set it up for 40 S&W), not sure if I'll install the case feeder I found a deal on yet or keep it for dedicated Rollsizer set-up I'd like to install down road here.
14. Dillon - Square Deal B (set-up for 9mm)
15. Dillon - Square Deal (older one - could prob use a refurb - currently set-up for 38, but also has 45 ACP tool head)

Also thinking about adding a Ponsen Warren 375 Duomatic to the mix, as well as a Hornady Ammo Plant with case/bullet feeders that a fellow is selling locally = very gently used at <50% of new replacement cost with numerous added extras.

Anyone here have some 1st hand experience with the Hornady AP - Good, Bad or Other that they'd care to comment on..?

[HATCH]

Currently

Dillon 650 with case and bullet feeders
2 x dillon 550s
1 x dillon sdb in 9mm
Single stage lyman
Single stage lee

I plan to get rid of one or both 550s as i am switching over to the 650 for my reloading needs.
Initially I loaded 16 different calibers.
But since my father stopped shooting, I have thinned down what I load.

Currently its 22tcm , 38sp, 357 mag, 9x18 makarov, 9mm luger, 40sw , 41 mag, 45 acp

I phased out 32/20 ,38/40 ,44/40 ,44sp ,44 mag, 45lc, 22 hornet, 45/70

Now I have stockpiles of already loaded 38sp (6k), 40sw (4k) and my favorite 41 mag (5k)

Working on 9mm now.
Haven’t shot 9x18 in a decade so the 2k i have loaded is probably a lifetime. Definitely need more 45acp

[Taterhead]

Currently 4

RCBS Rock Chucker IV (the workhorse)
RCBS Summit (with arbor die conversion. primarily for seating rifle bullets with chamber dies)
RCBS Pro 2000 (volume)
MEC M77 Sizemaster in 12G

Currently loading
223
12G
7mm-08
30-06
30-30
6mm GT
25-06
30 Luger
380
9
38
357
45 auto
45 Colt
40
10mm

Formerly loaded 308, 9x25 Dillon, 8mm Mauser

[porthos]

enough OK!!!!!!

[Lab Guy]

I have two presses. A Lee Challenger and a Lee Breech Lock hand press.

[JaCar]

And... + #16 now;
Got a great deal on a Ponsen Warren 375 Duomatic while out of town last weekend, hard to say no at $175.oo in gently used condition with a handful of shot/powder bushings.

[cpaspr]

When I first responded to the poll, I said three.

Hmm. Do 310 tools count? If so, now it's up to six. If not, then four.
A pair of RCBS JR3 single stages mounted side by side on one 1.5" mount, a Dillon 550B on another mount, and an old C-press out in the garage that came from my dad probably ten years ago. I think I may have used that one as a kid. Either way, it probably hasn't been used in over fifty years.

[eric_2902]

Man. I’m probably in the 70s or 80s. I love old presses. Some of my favorite are the RCBS Green Machine, CH Auto Champ V, Dillon DL450 Jr, Ponsness Warren P-200, Star Universal, Star Progressive, Hornady Pro-Jector 7…I can go on and on. Presses are fun for me.

Speaking of which. Does anyone have a pdf version of the manual for the CH Auto Champion Mark V an and the Dillon DL450 Jr (not the 4r0, the 450 Jr)?

[eric_2902]

Yup

[Steviesegal]

3 and a half

Lee Classic Cast for single stage, Lee Loadmaster for progressive, MEC 600 for 12 gauge.

The half is a Lee Load All 2 that doesn’t work too well anymore.

[Greeves]

Five, seems to be a good average. On the bench is a 4 hole lee turret for most my rifle needs and a really obscure, now defunct, Jet Precision Instruments 5 station progressive for handgun cartridges and 5.56. Not on the bench is an RCBS Jr. Lyman and an old Pacific upstroke style press. I just picked up the Jet a week ago for 65 bucks, complete with some extras, real nice machine I'd like to find out more about.