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Posted: 1/27/2009 3:15:21 PM EDT
| Is there any reason a guy needs a second press on his bench ? |
| I got into my first 550b for a great deal and found an even better deal on the second one and bought it with every intention of keeping it. When I realized I had powder measures, dies and toolheads for every caliber and the only thing that would take me any amount of time to change was the primers from small to large I sold it. I just couldn't justify having $400 worth of press sitting on my bench because I'm too lazy to switch out the primer setup. It's one of the few gun-related sales I've made that I would do all over again, considering I scored about $300 worth of accessories and still sold the press for about $150 more than what I paid for the entire package. |
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I had a second one for a while- a pure luxury just because I came across a used one for relatively cheap.
Ended up selling cheap to a friend after i picked up a 650 with all kinds of accesories. So now i have a 550 and a 650. 550 gets the 44mag and 45-70; 650 gets the volume calibers. |
| I got my second 550 press used and relatively cheap so I went for it and had no regrets. Then I got a nice cheap used 650 and then another one and again no regrets running two of the same press. Now I have a 1050....still waiting on finding a second one.....for cheap!! Can't say I would have ever had doubles of the presses if it weren't for the fact I got them for the prices I did though despite the fact I large quantities of various calibers. As is now, I have the original 550 and the 1050. |
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I'm constantly looking for a cheap 550B (or even a 450) to have set up for large primers. Until then, I"ll use my Lee Classic Turret for those. They are lower volume anyway.
(I loaded a bunch of .44 magnum rounds recently on the Classic Turret, I had forgotten how well it works. It is nowhere near the 550B, but it is much quicker than a single stage.) |
I have two––my original and another I bought for $50 (hard to pass up, especially considering all the tool heads and accessories that came with it). I am lazy about changing primer feeds, so it's nice to have one machine for large and one for small. 
Edit: BTW, if you forget which is which and fill the large primer feed with small primers it is a PITA to deal with. 
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I have two 550's one set up for large primers and one for small. Kind of a luxury but I load a lot of 45 acp and 9mm. Saves time, very convenient to just walk up to one or the other. +1, Same here. This is a good enough reason for me. The gent wants 250.00 for the complete setup for 45 acp ? He's bringing it by tonight. The wife is going to kill me 
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I have two 550's one set up for large primers and one for small. Kind of a luxury but I load a lot of 45 acp and 9mm. Saves time, very convenient to just walk up to one or the other. +1, Same here. This is a good enough reason for me. The gent wants 250.00 for the complete setup for 45 acp ? He's bringing it by tonight. The wife is going to kill me 
Well if the wife kills you make sure you tell her I'll pay $250 plus shipping to MO and she can go buy a new purse or something in your last breath 
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It has some light surface rust and needs some plastic parts replaced but the ram feels tight. Now I need to hide that ATM slip. 
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