re: Ammo reloading questions

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Another thing not mentioned here is press brands and single stage versus progressive, which I admittedly don’t know enough about to have an educated opinion.

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Good points. I've been using the same Lee Classic Turret press for 35 years w/ satisfaction. I use mine as a single stage, but when I used to load a lot of pistol ammo, I used the turret feature so it was much faster than a single stage, but not as fast nor complicated as a progressive. I think it's hard to go wrong w/ a single stage (or the Lee Turret) from any of the major manufacturers, e.g Lee, Lyman, RCBS, Forster, Hornady or Redding. The main determinant of accuracy component wise is the die, not the press. Having said that, I've assembled plenty of very accurate loads w/ the most inexpensive dies out there, Lee.

The Rock Chucker you mentioned is a fine press