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<blockquote data-quote="Shadowrider" data-source="post: 1557076" data-attributes="member: 3099"><p>I've been reloading off and on for over 20 years. There is not a thing wrong with a Rock Chucker press. Pretty much all of RCBS gear is close to top shelf. That said, I wish I had bought my T-7 press years ago. It's built like a tank. I e-mailed Redding about it and what I was wanting to do with it, as I had concerns about it holding up. They replied that it would not be a problem, and told me about one of the first ones they produced. They gave it to Sierra Bullets for them to use as a longevity study and for feedback on the design. Years later Sierra called them up and wanted to order some parts as they had finally wore something out on it. They had loaded over 2 million rounds on it without any issues. Redding told Sierra to send the press in, and they were sending Sierra a brand new one. Redding wanted to inspect it and see just exactly how it held up.</p><p></p><p>I bought mine after hearing this and talking via PM to dustingaunder about his. When I pulled it out of the box, I was pretty darn happy. The back side of the turret is supported by a big shelf that is cast as part of the frame. It's cast iron and it's not gonna be breaking on anything you will encounter while reloading. I think you could press out ball joints with this thing if you could rig it up. </p><p></p><p>So as you can see, I would say go with the T7. You can leave a four die pistol set and a three die "deluxe" rifle die setup plus have a free spot to use for something like a GRx push through die. Also you can buy extra turrets if you want to leave your dies set up all the time. You can use it as a semi-progressive or just use it as a single stage. It's just too versatile to pass up IMO.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Shadowrider, post: 1557076, member: 3099"] I've been reloading off and on for over 20 years. There is not a thing wrong with a Rock Chucker press. Pretty much all of RCBS gear is close to top shelf. That said, I wish I had bought my T-7 press years ago. It's built like a tank. I e-mailed Redding about it and what I was wanting to do with it, as I had concerns about it holding up. They replied that it would not be a problem, and told me about one of the first ones they produced. They gave it to Sierra Bullets for them to use as a longevity study and for feedback on the design. Years later Sierra called them up and wanted to order some parts as they had finally wore something out on it. They had loaded over 2 million rounds on it without any issues. Redding told Sierra to send the press in, and they were sending Sierra a brand new one. Redding wanted to inspect it and see just exactly how it held up. I bought mine after hearing this and talking via PM to dustingaunder about his. When I pulled it out of the box, I was pretty darn happy. The back side of the turret is supported by a big shelf that is cast as part of the frame. It's cast iron and it's not gonna be breaking on anything you will encounter while reloading. I think you could press out ball joints with this thing if you could rig it up. So as you can see, I would say go with the T7. You can leave a four die pistol set and a three die "deluxe" rifle die setup plus have a free spot to use for something like a GRx push through die. Also you can buy extra turrets if you want to leave your dies set up all the time. You can use it as a semi-progressive or just use it as a single stage. It's just too versatile to pass up IMO. [/QUOTE]
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