re: Reloading Advice and Recommendations

Trust me call Dillon they will treat you right

Great thread Fellas if you are like me you read reloading stuff like a maniac

Love it

I have never had an issue with Dillon customer service they have sent me several things for free all be it small stuff but still

Since we are just offering opinions, and like others here I have been reloading for many years. I think it is absolutely a mistake to start with a multi-stage machine to start reloading. You don't even understand what is supposed to happen at each stage, much less how to tune it to get good results.

If you think you want to spend less and still be able to crank out higher volume at some point later, still be able to watch the process one case at a time, a Turret press would be my choice. Even the non-auto indexing presses get ahead of you. I have always heard great customer service stories about Dillon, that was not my personal experience, but even if they give the thing to you, you should start and gain a thorough understanding on a single stage - you will need it for other things down the road in my opinion. Most all of these companies in my experience are most helpful and will replace little stuff free to help you out, although that is changing.

Another consideration for loading precision ammo, as the expressed intent is, powder measure, and you are not going to get consistent, bench-rest type accuracy or powder throws with a Dillon bushing type measure, you need a different type measure to best achieve that end. But, there are many that know a good bit about this stuff, reading the manuals first is frankly a suggestion I overlooked, great source, see the process and get an overview of the steps. Good Luck.

I bought the Lyman Turrent press last year and love it. Sure I have ran in to problems that were my own fault but the press has worked great and Lyman product are top notch.

First of all if you do not know what each step does then you have no business hand loading
Two if you don't know what a powder tumbler is better figure it out.
Three reloading is like classic cars someone is always more righter than you.

Finally to not have a good experience with Dillon customer service well if you act like a know it all I'm sure they respond as such. The only problem I have with accuracy is my trigger control I've never understood shooters blaming their ammo for shitty grouping
Good luck with your new press

Nimble,
Sounds like you made a good decision. The Rock Chucker will last you a lifetime. Even if you someday get a progressive, you'll probably still find yourself using the Rock Chucker for specific applications.

Neck sizing vs full length resizing is an age old debate, sort of like 270 Win vs 30-06. If you polled a number of handloaders you'd prob find 1/3 that FL resize all the time, 1/3 that neck size all the time and 1/3 that do either, depending on the situation. For years, it's been said that neck sizing produces slightly more accurate ammo. OTOH, neck sizing only often times can eventually produce reliability issues w/ ammo. I only have one gun that I exclusively neck size, but it is specially chambered so that neck sizing only was rec'd by the 'smith. I've been satisfied w/ the accuracy and reliability of my full length sized ammo.