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11-12-2012, 01:39 AM
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RCBS Turret Press
Does anyone have any opinions on it? I have the chance to buy a used one cheap. 125 bucks for the press and some accessories, powder measure, funnel, case lube and some other small items. The press is supposed to be in good shape! Will find out tomorrow. Are their any problems that I should look for? Thanks for the help.
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11-12-2012, 07:29 AM
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That sounds like a pretty good deal with powder measure and accessories. The RCBS turret itself goes for about $200 new. Only question would be what calibers are you planning to reload on it?
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11-12-2012, 09:37 AM
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I have used the RCBS turret press for several years. The turret does 80% of my loading and I have 3 seperate heads set up for 44mag, 45acp and 223. My old Rock Chucker handles the remaining calibers. It does save time when switching calibers. Probably my favorite thing about the turret is the open front.
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11-12-2012, 01:52 PM
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I'd buy it, and sell it on eBay. Be sure to use "rare", "vintage" or "classic" in the description. Then I'd order a Lee Classic Turret press and buy some powder and primers with the leftover money.
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11-12-2012, 05:25 PM
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I have two RCBS turret presses, they work great. I usually batch load and reserve one press for 45acp and 45 colt. The other press is used for 357 mag, 38 spl, and 380 auto. I don't have to change turret heads as much as i do load 45 and 38 a lot and will often do this close together. You can have one press with multiple turret heads for ech caliber you load, but regardless the RCBS press is built solid and is trouble free.
I use lubriplate on the ram and gun oil on all the pivot points of the press.
The price is very good if the press is in good condition.
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11-12-2012, 05:53 PM
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I'd buy it, and sell it on eBay. Be sure to use "rare", "vintage" or "classic" in the description. Then I'd order a Lee Classic Turret press and buy some powder and primers with the leftover money.
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I gotta say - you Lee Guys are almost as bad as us Dillon Folk.
If I were the OP, I'd buy and keep the Rock Chucker and build around it.
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11-12-2012, 09:29 PM
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I gotta say - you Lee Guys are almost as bad as us Dillon Folk.
If I were the OP, I'd buy and keep the Rock Chucker and build around it.
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Only when it comes to the Lee Classic Turret!
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11-12-2012, 09:38 PM
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Start pricing all those accessories and you'll find you're probably getting a pretty good deal.
I just got back into reloading, and dropped some hefty cash on the new stuff I needed that wasn't included with the Rock Chucker I just got from a buddy at work.
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11-13-2012, 01:23 AM
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Even without the accessories I think it's a good deal.
I'm also a Dillon guy, but I use my LCT more than all my other presses put together. To be fair it's a Dillon RL300, and I only use it when I'm wanting more than 300 rounds.
I own a Lee Classic Cast, Lee Classic Turret, Lee Challenger(with steel linkage upgrade), RCBS RS(same as a JR), Dillon RL300, and three MECs. All three are 12 ga. Can't seem to pass up a good deal.
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I have a Redding turret press, instead of an RCBS. I have always found a turret press to be more practical than a single stage, as long as it is sturdy, indexes well and I am not trying to full length size some humongous magnum rifle case.
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11-13-2012, 02:50 AM
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Compared to a single-stage press, a turret press saves a lot of setup time. However, the output is not much more than for a one-holer. You can save even more time if you purchase extra turrets for each set of dies.
You can attach an RCBS powder dispensing funnel. If you buy the micrometer adjuster, you can quickly reproduce a load for which you have notes. The adjusters come in two sizes: 1/2" and 5/8", depending on the load range.
Warning! You'll soon be feeling the need for a progressive press. Think Blue!
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Compared to a single-stage press, a turret press saves a lot of setup time. However, the output is not much more than for a one-holer. You can save even more time if you purchase extra turrets for each set of dies.
You can attach an RCBS powder dispensing funnel. If you buy the micrometer adjuster, you can quickly reproduce a load for which you have notes. The adjusters come in two sizes: 1/2" and 5/8", depending on the load range.
Warning! You'll soon be feeling the need for a progressive press. Think Blue!
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I have to assume you have yet to load on a Lee Classic Turret with the Safety Prime and Pro Auto Disk powder measure. Those two additions to the turret with the auto indexing make that press pretty high volume. When you add in having to hen peck your primers in to the rods and the occasional hang ups you inevitably get on a progressive press that makes the Lee Classic Turret feel that much faster. I load .45 ACP on a LNL AP and when it's running right it's like lightning and I assume the Dillon 650 runs just as fast with the 550 coming in a close second. But they are all an awful lot of automation that gum up from the first misaligned case, primer misfeed, spilled grains of powder, or whatever. I'm not sure I've ever had the Classic turret gum up and come to a stop. And it's pathetically easy to stop between stations to check powder or make adjustments to anything. Granted, the RCBS turret press will be easy to setup the various stations with the Uniflow mounted between them, but you can’t have auto indexing, you have to do the typewriter reset after each loaded cartridge, and extra turret heads are not very quick change at all nor are they cheap by any definition. But like most presses it will make good ammo.
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I have to assume you have yet to load on a Lee Classic Turret with the Safety Prime and Pro Auto Dick powder measure. Those two additions to the turret with the auto indexing make that press pretty high volume. When you add in having to hen peck your primers in to the rods and the occasional hang ups you inevitably get on a progressive press that makes the Lee Classic Turret feel that much faster. I load .45 ACP on a LNL AP and when it's running right it's like lightning and I assume the Dillon 650 runs just as fast with the 550 coming in a close second. But they are all an awful lot of automation that gum up from the first misaligned case, primer misfeed, spilled grains of powder, or whatever. I'm not sure I've ever had the Classic turret gum up and come to a stop. And it's pathetically easy to stop between stations to check powder or make adjustments to anything. Granted, the RCBS turret press will be easy to setup the various stations with the Uniflow mounted between them, but you can’t have auto indexing, you have to do the typewriter reset after each loaded cartridge, and extra turret heads are not very quick change at all nor are they cheap by any definition. But like most presses it will make good ammo.
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Think you mean "auto disk", but I have seen Lee equipment called alot of things --that's a new one.
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Think you mean "auto disk", but I have seen Lee equipment called alot of things --that's a new one.
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It's called typing while on cold meds. Everyone around me seems to have the creeping crud and I finally got it. So yes, I did mean "Auto Disk"...
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I gotta say - you Lee Guys are almost as bad as us Dillon Folk.
If I were the OP, I'd buy and keep the Rock Chucker and build around it.
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But we don't have cute little Blue Smurfs as mascots!
Dillon has way better videos
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But we don't have cute little Blue Smurfs as mascots!
Dillon has way better videos
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YES!!! Dillon is full of win on making those training videos!!!
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