Newbie reloading questions

[Johnny]

Rumbler,I have a rock chucker that I have been using for over 40yrs can't kill it.

[Airgator0470]

Rumbler,I have a rock chucker that I have been using for over 40yrs can't kill it.

I'm right behind you. I still use one as I simply don't shoot enough pistol reloads to need a progressive nor do I shoot enough .223 reloads. I have an ammo advantage and when that ends, perhaps I'll need a progressive... I'd love to have one of those bigger/faster machines.

[WinterSoldier]

Rumbler,I have a rock chucker that I have been using for over 40yrs can't kill it.

I went to a Rock Chucker when I needed to load stuff of greater than .45 caliber, and also after I bent the handle on my RCBS turret press like a bow... but from there I went on down to several of those little Lee C presses, because they are so inexpensive and easy to use... then up just a little to a Lee 4-hole turret... because it's inexpensive and easier to use than the RCBS turret (though I suspect less exact). The Lee 4-hole aluminum turrets have a more useful number of holes than the RCBS cast iron 5-hole turrets and are so much less expensive and easier to store, that for most calibers I'm slowly switching die sets from RCBS turrets over to Lee turrets. It's a lot easier to sort through a pile of Lee turrets with dies installed to find the set of dies I'm looking for, than it is a pile of RCBS turrets, because the Lee turrets are about half the size and almost none of the weight. A Lee turret is so light it doesn't weigh much more than air.