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Originally Posted by Wee Hooker
Well said! An auto indexing LCT will give you 95% of the process control (and safety) of a single stage and an honest production rates of 4-5 rounds a minute. ( Figure 150 rounds an hour including set-up, refills, inspections etc.)
Personally, I don't like progressive presses for most reloading ( and sold mine off long ago.) With the turret, I see and feel every operation. I am part of the process. With a full progressive , there are 4-5 things going on at once so it's harder to see/feel when something goes south ( as it eventually will.)
Personally, I look at the LTC as the Chevy Truck of reloaders. Maybe not the biggest, badast and most expensive but as much ride as most will ever need.
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I'm pretty interested in this thread. I started reloading brass about 3 years ago and made all the mistakes a person can make on a SS press. I know what a progressive press can do as I used to load 12ga for trap every week on one. Now that I have the basics down and understand the process it's probably time to move up. I'm loading about 10K a year of a wide assortment of cartridges, mostly 45 ACP, 357 and .223. I screw around with load development and bullets a lot.
I'm retired so have more time than money. I'm so cheap I scrounge range brass at my range. Some probably equate that to dumpster diving but I haven't bought a lot of brass since I started reloading. I don't buy any commercial ammo except 22LR. I'm more interested in getting my cost per round down than having the fastest machine on the planet. I realize for some time is a huge consideration, it was for me for a long time, but it just isn't anymore. I can see where a Dillon could be justified for some.
More and more it looks like a turret press is my best fit. I'm still trying to decide which one. I've had the same Chevy truck for 10 years, probably have it another 10 years.