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<blockquote data-quote="NikatKimber" data-source="post: 869139" data-attributes="member: 423"><p>The ONLY reason a progressive presses ammo would be less accurate is because you wouldn't be taking the time to check and measure each round individually like you could with a single stage. The dies and press itself are just a precise on a progressive as they are on a single stage.</p><p></p><p>If you were to be sloppy with a single stage, it is completely possible that you could end up with less accurate ammo from the single stage than with the progressive.</p><p></p><p>The turret press allows you to set the dies into the "turret" and not have to remove them frequently. And unless you get a auto indexing turret (IIRC only Lee makes these), you use the turret exactly as you would a single stage. The only difference is that when you are done sizing/depriming/priming, instead of removing the die, you simply turn the turret and start the next step.</p><p></p><p>How long to load 100 rounds? It all depends on how much you are doing with the rounds. If you trim for length, clean primer pockets, tumble a second time, measure all dimensions, etc etc for extreme precision, then it could take a long time for 100 rounds. If you are making "plinking" rounds, just to get out and shoot, and aren't worried about exacting precision, it is much faster. In other words, you can be as fast or as slow as you want to.</p><p></p><p>For example, I load .223 for my AR on a progressive, as I'm not worried about high precision for a basic carbine, and I can load 100 in under an hour easy. But for my .243 I load on a couple single stage presses, and 20-40 will take me an hour, and that's not doing a lot of the steps that precision long range shooters do.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="NikatKimber, post: 869139, member: 423"] The ONLY reason a progressive presses ammo would be less accurate is because you wouldn't be taking the time to check and measure each round individually like you could with a single stage. The dies and press itself are just a precise on a progressive as they are on a single stage. If you were to be sloppy with a single stage, it is completely possible that you could end up with less accurate ammo from the single stage than with the progressive. The turret press allows you to set the dies into the "turret" and not have to remove them frequently. And unless you get a auto indexing turret (IIRC only Lee makes these), you use the turret exactly as you would a single stage. The only difference is that when you are done sizing/depriming/priming, instead of removing the die, you simply turn the turret and start the next step. How long to load 100 rounds? It all depends on how much you are doing with the rounds. If you trim for length, clean primer pockets, tumble a second time, measure all dimensions, etc etc for extreme precision, then it could take a long time for 100 rounds. If you are making "plinking" rounds, just to get out and shoot, and aren't worried about exacting precision, it is much faster. In other words, you can be as fast or as slow as you want to. For example, I load .223 for my AR on a progressive, as I'm not worried about high precision for a basic carbine, and I can load 100 in under an hour easy. But for my .243 I load on a couple single stage presses, and 20-40 will take me an hour, and that's not doing a lot of the steps that precision long range shooters do. [/QUOTE]
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