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Posted: 10/20/2011 4:20:15 PM EDT
| Does any one own a RCBS Pro2000? If so what do you think of it? Planning on primary reloading 5.56 & 9mm. |
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I own one (mine is the manual advance model which was all that was available at the time) and I would buy another one without much second thought.
They are great presses. I have a list of reasons I bought mine. GWhis is the expert here, hopefully he'll be along. There are a couple of threads where he has posted photos of his improvements. |
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I own one (mine is the manual advance model which was all that was available at the time) and I would buy another one without much second thought. They are great presses. I have a list of reasons I bought mine. GWhis is the expert here, hopefully he'll be along. There are a couple of threads where he has posted photos of his improvements. I stand corrected. |
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I own one (mine is the manual advance model which was all that was available at the time) and I would buy another one without much second thought. They are great presses. I have a list of reasons I bought mine. GWhis is the expert here, hopefully he'll be along. There are a couple of threads where he has posted photos of his improvements. There's a video out that shows making them auto index |
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I also have one. I used it for 45acp, 223 and 30-06, mostly. I also bought the manual index model about 10 years ago, and last year upgraded to auto-index (about $100). If you don't want a case feeder, it's a best option. If I had to do it over, I'd buy the Pro2000 again. (AeroE, I really like the auto-index after using it a while) |
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Another very satisfied owner here. For me, the ease of caliber conversions is one of it's best features. With a fixed station for the powder measure, you don't need to move it around from die plate to die plate, nor do you need to buy a powder measure for each caliber. With the case feed station and bullet feed station both on the left side, you add a case and place a bullet with your left hand, leaving your right hand to just operate the press handle. Ergonomically, it makes a lot of sense, and minimizes movement. It's MUCH more fluid than the kata the Dillon 550 folks need to practice (feed case, right hand... place bullet, left hand... pull handle, right hand... advance shellplate, left hand... very good, Daniel-san...)
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Another very satisfied owner here. For me, the ease of caliber conversions is one of it's best features. With a fixed station for the powder measure, you don't need to move it around from die plate to die plate, nor do you need to buy a powder measure for each caliber. With the case feed station and bullet feed station both on the left side, you add a case and place a bullet with your left hand, leaving your right hand to just operate the press handle. Ergonomically, it makes a lot of sense, and minimizes movement. It's MUCH more fluid than the kata the Dillon 550 folks need to practice (feed case, right hand... place bullet, left hand... pull handle, right hand... advance shellplate, left hand... very good, Daniel-san...) This is one reason I bought the press. The direction of motion is the same as my MEC loaders, so I was accustomed to that manual of arms. I also like the location of the seater die, and I like the easy adjustment of the primer seater. I also own a RCBS Grand for 12 gauge ammo, and this press is an auto advance. I would buy another one of these, too, although they require more tweaking, mostly springs with higher spring rate. |
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If you do not want a case feed option, the pro 2000 is a very good machine. Caliber conversions are cheap. They only require a shell plate and a set of dies. If you want to buy another die plate to keep your dies set up. They are very cheap to purchase seapertly.
Change overs take less than 5 minutes. With most of the time taken up adjusting the powder measure. Even that is not hard with the micrometer. For those that do not like the APS primeing system, ther is the tube primer conversion. I have both primer systems and prefer the tube system. I also prefer the auto index that I upgraded to a few years ago. |
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