Favorite Press

JonB

JonB

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Jeff H said:
And, not just to harp on LEE stuff, but these have been really handy presses.

There's this one, which I swear I only paid $20 on some special being run at Midsouth, almost 25 years ago. It's my dedicated bullet-sizing press and does decapping duty for large lots, when I don't want all that primer-dander all over my press and bench. I clamp this one wherever I'm comfortable.
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Since Jeff can't stop posting Lee love photos, LOL :p
Here is my reloading bench, photo from 2020.
two turret presses, two classic cast sgl Stage, and one tiny "reloader" sgl stage that I use exclusively for Hardness testing.

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Walks

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Guess I'm behind the 8 ball on this post.
Like most here, I'm partial to the ol' RockChucker. Mine has been bolted to My bench in the same spot for 40yrs. Removed it once 35yrs ago when a friend gave Me a couple of 6" x 15" 3/8" steel plates to mount under them for rigidity. Have a Hornady L-N-L mounted the same way.
Have a Lyman Spartan & Hornady 007 resting under the bench, a Lyman Acculine press somewhere and one of the Lee hand presses somewhere else. The kind w/o the die bushing.

I grew up using Dad's RCBS A2 & Lyman Comet.
 
JonB

JonB

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CWLONGSHOT said:
Ran across a MEC Marksman yesterday!

Hoping to make and seal a deal on it.

CW
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Never heard of it. I googled it. That is a chunk of Iron alright. Looks to be on the same weight range as one of the biggest Herters "O" presses...but shaped different.
 
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richhodg66

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Went in the shop in Wamego that has all the old reloading stuff and he had recently purchased an estate sale of a Lyman fan. Had one of the big turret presses, a 450, case trimmer, a few molds. I like the looks of that Lyman turret, more robust than the All American for sure. Might go back and make an offer, but I really don't need another press.
 
CWLONGSHOT

CWLONGSHOT

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richhodg66 said:
Went in the shop in Wamego that has all the old reloading stuff and he had recently purchased an estate sale of a Lyman fan. Had one of the big turret presses, a 450, case trimmer, a few molds. I like the looks of that Lyman turret, more robust than the All American for sure. Might go back and make an offer, but I really don't need another press.
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I picked the Lyman American8 when offerred on sale few years back. Its a nice press! I improved the slack in the turret to nearly zip, now I really love the press!!!

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richhodg66

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I do not need another press, but those MECs look like fine tools and very well thought out.

I looked at an RCBS Rebel in Scheel's a while back, also a fine press.

Noticed the Lee Classic cast in a used shop yesterday, looks pretty good too.

I have several presses I have yet to set up and use. I think the antique ones will just be toys to play with now and then, but I thing that C&H Chamion I got cheap is gonna become the mainstay, holy cow is that thing well built. They'll bury me with my Rockchucker, though.
 
RicinYakima

RicinYakima

High Steppes of Eastern Washington
In my retirement years I have enjoyed collecting reloading tools and presses. It is a great adventure to explore who made them, and what interesting designs they had. Then, why they were commercial failures or the builders just stopped making them. Most are pre-WW2, but some, like 9 I think, post war ones.
 
BBerguson

BBerguson

Official Pennsyltuckian
I have a Forester Co-ax, an RCBS Rockchucker and Dillon 550 on my basement bench. A buddy had all of his reloading stuff in cold storage and wondered if he could set it up in my (heated) wood shop. Sure! My 35 year old bench is there and it didn’t take us long to setup his Rockchucker and Dillon 550. Not sure I can pick a favorite, they all get used about the same. I guess if I could only have one it would be the Forester for a few reasons…
 
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