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Posted: 12/21/2021 11:32:57 PM EDT
Say what you want, but I have been using an old Lyman Spartan press for reloading 6.5 creedmoor. I’ve gone to 1252 with my B-14 HMR with loads put together on that press and weighed with the old “505”. Dies are nothing special. Redding type S for sizing, and a run of the mill hornady seating die.
With this being “loading season”, I’m rethinking my gear a little bit. I know that I can upgrade my press, my dies, and some of my measuring equipment, but I am remodeling a house, and I’d rather not do all three. I could get a comparator, and an OAL gauge to dial in that bullet seat depth. (Currently using the stripped bolt and slightly modified case to find the lands) I could upgrade my bulletseating die at a minimum, but I’d probably get a set of micrometer adjustable competition dies and be done with it. I could get a more advanced powder measuring system. I could get a new press. This is what I’m leaning towards for some reason. Everything I have “works”. It’s reliable, it’s fairly accurate, and it’s fun working with antiquated methods while still getting results. What says the hive mind? |
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Posted: 12/22/2021 12:09:33 AM EDT
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Ehh, you wear me out op.
Do what works for you and who gives a Turkey what anyone else thinks. |
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Posted: 12/22/2021 5:00:40 AM EDT
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OP, how good/bad is the brass that comes off your press now? How is it for over all consistency/ neck runout/ SAAMI chamber specs/ shoulder set back consistency? If your current equipment/practices are producing good to great brass now, then buy the stuff you need to make it even better..if its marginal, then figure out what is the biggest culprit and start there..
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Posted: 12/22/2021 8:36:27 AM EDT
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It’s actually not too bad. I can get pretty consistent shoulder bump out of it. I don’t have any way to check runout of the case neck though. I have plenty of starret dial indicators, just no jig to check runout.
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Posted: 12/22/2021 10:20:13 AM EDT
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Originally Posted By BoomToob: Say what you want, but I have been using an old Lyman Spartan press for reloading 6.5 creedmoor. I’ve gone to 1252 with my B-14 HMR with loads put together on that press and weighed with the old “505”. Dies are nothing special. Redding type S for sizing, and a run of the mill hornady seating die. With this being “loading season”, I’m rethinking my gear a little bit. I know that I can upgrade my press, my dies, and some of my measuring equipment, but I am remodeling a house, and I’d rather not do all three. I could get a comparator, and an OAL gauge to dial in that bullet seat depth. (Currently using the stripped bolt and slightly modified case to find the lands) I could upgrade my bulletseating die at a minimum, but I’d probably get a set of micrometer adjustable competition dies and be done with it. I could get a more advanced powder measuring system. I could get a new press. This is what I’m leaning towards for some reason. Everything I have “works”. It’s reliable, it’s fairly accurate, and it’s fun working with antiquated methods while still getting results. What says the hive mind? If the press works then no reason to change. I also still use an "old" 505 and Redding Type S dies(as well as Hornady and Forester) to load my match ammo. If it ain't broke, don't fix it. You should have a comparator as it's on my list of must haves just like a caliper. You need to be able to measure to your ogive for setting seating depth accurately. One of the fairly inexpensive five sided versions work. type Status report message description Access to the specified resource has been forbidden. Apache Tomcat/7.0.68 (Ubuntu) |
