Grizzly Dave Posted August 11, 2016 Author Share Posted August 11, 2016 Well, new press is gonna have to wait, just pulled the trigger on a nice SKB 200e from Johnny Meadows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rex M Rugers #6621 Posted August 11, 2016 Share Posted August 11, 2016 Good call , Grizz. New press can be had anytime , Nice shotguns a bit more rare. Rex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackey Cole Posted August 11, 2016 Share Posted August 11, 2016 Griz you'll love that SKB had one for a few years from Johnny. It weighs about half that of a baikal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gateway Kid SASS# 70038 Life Posted August 11, 2016 Share Posted August 11, 2016 Way to go Grizz!!! Just one thing though, you gotta promise to not whup up on me to bad!!! Princess sends her respect on a good choice and wishes you well. Regards Gateway Kid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smoken D Posted August 11, 2016 Share Posted August 11, 2016 Dillon Square Deal, MEC 9000G, Lyman T-Mag. Wish I had the Dillon 650 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yusta B. Posted August 11, 2016 Share Posted August 11, 2016 Well, new press is gonna have to wait, just pulled the trigger on a nice SKB 200e from Johnny Meadows. The new toy won out over the tool. Good choice ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gawd Awful Posted August 11, 2016 Share Posted August 11, 2016 My main press is a 650 currently set up in 45 for classic cowboy I also have 2 mec jrs. One for BP, and one for smokeless. I have a lee single stage for load development, a Redding turret press set up for 44-40 BP, and 45-70 for plainsman. Also currently at my house is a SDB set up for 38 when I shoot gunfighter, and an sl900 a friend loaned me when he left for the summer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Three Foot Johnson Posted August 12, 2016 Share Posted August 12, 2016 Two 550's, Rockchucker, Ammomaster for .50 BMG, Lee basic C press, 2 MEC Jr's in .410 and 28 ga, 6 Lee Load-Alls, a home made set up for 10g brass shotshells, and 3 Lyman 450 lubrisizers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bramble Mountain Buzzard Posted August 12, 2016 Share Posted August 12, 2016 Dillon 650 Dillon 550 Large primer Dillon 550 Small primer Hornady LNL progressive Lyman T-Mag Turret 3 Lyman All-American Turrets RCBS Jr Lee "C" press Mec 600jr Mec Grabber Mec Super sizer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grizzly Dave Posted August 13, 2016 Author Share Posted August 13, 2016 Ideally I'd like another 650 for large primer stuff. But as a stop gap I'm wondering if a SDB in 45 acp would fill my current need without costing near as much... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hurricane Deck 100366 Posted August 13, 2016 Share Posted August 13, 2016 Three presses: 650 for load mass quantities of 38, 45acp, and 5.56. Mec 9000 for 12ga - I only load cowboy, everything else is store bought. Lee turret for hunting and precision ammo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zack McGee, SASS #46908 Posted August 13, 2016 Share Posted August 13, 2016 Just a few of comments. 1. Now I know how MEC, Dillon, RCBS, Hornady, PW, Redding, Lee etc stay in business. 2. God bless the Second Amendment and those who defend it on the battlefield and on the ballot. 3. As for me, Hornady LNL AP and a Ponsness Warren. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nickel City Dude Posted August 13, 2016 Share Posted August 13, 2016 Dillon 650 for most of my loading for cowboy and reenacting blanks MEC 9000H for 12 ga. Skeet and trap loads MEC Grabber with Automate for 410 Skeet shells MEC Case conditioner for little corrections of shot shells Lyman Mag T turret press for working up loads An extra 9000E just in case my 9000 Hydraulic press breaks down. MEC Sizemaster for Shotgun blanks and load work up. Here are some of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.W. Sinclair Posted August 13, 2016 Share Posted August 13, 2016 I have 10, I reckon. 1 - RCBS RS Single Stage that I got for Christmas in 1979. 1 - Lee Breechlock Challenger Single Stage. I use these with Universal Decapping Dies when processing/cleaning brass, I try to dragoon my wife and kid into helping with that part and they usually do since they shoot a bunch of my ammo. I also use these presses for load development, hunting ammo, precision ammo and such. 1 - Lee Classic Turret used for established loads for small or moderate volume. 3 - Lee Loadmasters: 1 small primer pretty much stays set up for .38 Special. 1 large primer used mostly for .45 ACP and .44 Special. 1 small rifle set up to load .223, mostly M193, and easily switched over to .30 Carbine. 1 - Lee Pro 1000 used for 9mm and .40. For my Turret and my progressives, each caliber that I load on them has a fully set up turret to include an AutoDisk or an AutoDrum. That way I can change easily and quickly. I can just switch the turret and shell plate and go. 3 - MEC Grabbers: .410, 20 Gauge, and 12 Gauge. 1 - Lee Loadall II that I started off loading shotgun with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirk James Posted August 13, 2016 Share Posted August 13, 2016 650 Dillon for Cowboy, 550 Dillon for back-up Cowboy, 900 Dillon for Cowboy, RCBS RC 4 for hunting cart and RCBS Jr from college years mainly used for priming Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
San Joaquin Shootist Posted August 13, 2016 Share Posted August 13, 2016 Right now I just have one. A 25 year old well used Dillon RL1050. Through the years I have had a couple of Lee's, 2 different 550's, a couple of different MEC's and an ancient Herters single station press. I remember as a young man having just bought the used Herters press asking a seasoned handgunner how to become a good pistol shot. I still remember his words, "Boy get yourself an 8 lb keg of Bullseye. When that is gone come and see me." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Mike Posted August 13, 2016 Share Posted August 13, 2016 I use two Dillon RL 550's for my higher volume ammunition, 45 Colt, 44-40, 45 ACP, .223. One on strong mount and one mounted to bench. I actually like the bench mounted one better. I have to stand to get a better view on the high mount machine. I kept my Rock Chucker and it comes in handy for the 45-70 and 38-55 and other large rifle cartriges. I kept my 12 ga MEC 9000G for loading black powder, and use the Spolar for all my smokeless CAS 12 ga and clay target round in 12, 20, 28 and .410. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fast Tracker Posted August 13, 2016 Share Posted August 13, 2016 My Diilon 550 has dedicated heads for .38, .40, .45 acp, jand.45 Colt. I have a Lee Challenger and 2 Lee C type presses for small batches of .32, .380, 30-30, .223 and 45/70. I size with Challenger and use the others for the powder drop, seating and crimping. I use Lee Load-Alls for 12 and 20 gauge and a Mec for 410s. I tried a SDB but my fingers were too big. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt. Hochbauer, SASS #64409 Posted August 13, 2016 Share Posted August 13, 2016 Dillon 450 for large primer 44-40 and 45acp Square deal for small primer 38 spcl and 9mm...MEC 9000 for smokeless and 2 MEC 600 one I use for loading BP the other just because I have it. Also a Rock Chucker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheyenne Culpepper 32827 Posted August 14, 2016 Share Posted August 14, 2016 well, after winning another 650 at Guns of August,,(two years in a row) I now have 3 650s, a 9000 mec and a lee 3 hole, plus a RCBS single stage... still don't know what all the moaning was about when the called my name again this year!!! hehe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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