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<blockquote data-quote="NikatKimber" data-source="post: 1160690" data-attributes="member: 423"><p>If you shoot 4-500 a month, do NOT get a handheld. Repeat, DO NOT use a handheld for that quantity. </p><p></p><p>How much of that is pistol rounds?</p><p></p><p>If you're wanting to get into this relatively cheap, my recommendation is a Lee Turret. I have seen a few pop up in the classifieds here.</p><p></p><p>One thing to keep in mind deciding between a single stage and turret / progressive (which use turrets, just more automated), is that with a single stage, you have to change dies 2-3, or even 4 times for some pistol loads, for any given caliber. Where on the turret style presses, the dies are set in the turret, and you can buy another turret to mount additional dies in. This makes caliber changes much easier, and you don't have to reset your dies each time. Also, the turret press from Lee can be used as a single stage by removing the indexer (just slip it out when changing turrets, no tools needed), so you lose no functionality from the single stage. </p><p></p><p>So, even if you are loading 4-500 rounds of just one caliber a month, I'd say a turret is WELL worth it. If you are loading multiple calibers I'd say getting a single stage would be an extremely short lived stop-gap. At 500 rounds a month, you'd actually appreciate a progressive press. However, you can get the turret, get setup to reload, and pay off the press in 3 months or less, and then put aside the savings to buy a progressive later.</p><p></p><p>JMHO. As an aside, I have 2 single stage presses, 1 Lee turret, and a Dillon 550. I don't see any of them leaving my service any time soon.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="NikatKimber, post: 1160690, member: 423"] If you shoot 4-500 a month, do NOT get a handheld. Repeat, DO NOT use a handheld for that quantity. How much of that is pistol rounds? If you're wanting to get into this relatively cheap, my recommendation is a Lee Turret. I have seen a few pop up in the classifieds here. One thing to keep in mind deciding between a single stage and turret / progressive (which use turrets, just more automated), is that with a single stage, you have to change dies 2-3, or even 4 times for some pistol loads, for any given caliber. Where on the turret style presses, the dies are set in the turret, and you can buy another turret to mount additional dies in. This makes caliber changes much easier, and you don't have to reset your dies each time. Also, the turret press from Lee can be used as a single stage by removing the indexer (just slip it out when changing turrets, no tools needed), so you lose no functionality from the single stage. So, even if you are loading 4-500 rounds of just one caliber a month, I'd say a turret is WELL worth it. If you are loading multiple calibers I'd say getting a single stage would be an extremely short lived stop-gap. At 500 rounds a month, you'd actually appreciate a progressive press. However, you can get the turret, get setup to reload, and pay off the press in 3 months or less, and then put aside the savings to buy a progressive later. JMHO. As an aside, I have 2 single stage presses, 1 Lee turret, and a Dillon 550. I don't see any of them leaving my service any time soon. [/QUOTE]
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