Reloading question.

[wlgorman]

I just sold my shotgun setup. Thinking of getting into reloading pistol rounds (.45 acp). Question is...can you use the same press to load pistol and rifle ammo? Like .45 and have different dies for say .308, .223, .300 win mag?

[TeXXaN]

yes same press

[quackaholic1]

yep no problem

[Cajun Blake]

rockchucker is your friend

[BigTex.308]

Rockchucker is great for rifle. But if you plan to load a large number of pistol rounds I'd look into a progressive.


The way I see it is progressive is for quantity and mass production. ( like handgun or .223 plinking rounds etc)

And single stage is for high quality precision loading. (rifle rounds)



For single stage look no further than a rockchucker mine is from the 80s and still works great!

Dillon makes a great progressive but they're a bit pricey.



Ike

[Matteo]

here is a LEE for sale

http://2coolfishing.com/ttmbforum/showthread.php?t=466858

[Skyline]

I'll second what Big Tex .308 said......... hard to beat a Rockchucker. For pistol though a single stage is real SLOW if you do much shooting.

[ducks-and-bucks]

Question answered plus some!

[drepka]

I like loading pistol on my rockchucker. Its stress relieving....

[Outback]

So is the process the same? Resize/remove primer, add new primer, add powder and seat the bullet? Do you have to crimp? Is that just a different die or some special tool?

[iamntxhunter]

For those that are looking to get into reloading this guy gives a overview of the different types of reloading press's.
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gqChUEgrVDc"]Understanding types of reloading presses from http://ultimatereloader.com - YouTube[/ame]

[drepka]

I full length size and deprime ALL im going to load... Then use rcbs hand primer to prime all of them.... Then set up a few loading blocks and charge 150 brass and then load the bullets... It actually goes alot faster for me than i originally thought it would....to me its fun. But then again im easily amused

[Shane]

So is the process the same? Resize/remove primer, add new primer, add powder and seat the bullet? Do you have to crimp? Is that just a different die or some special tool?

Die sets for rounds that require a crimp usually include a crimper die. Some will roll crimp. Others taper crimp. It matters which crimp for some rounds. Box magazine bolt action rifle rounds don't usually need to be crimped. Pistol rounds and some tubular magazine round nose bullet rifle rounds usually do. If you need to crimp, it's another step in the process.