Ya know you can just switch the inserts?
Hi...
I just wanted a dedicated measure for the .45ACP load and didn't want to mess with making adjustments back and forth.
With two measures, we can just turn the LnL insert and pull the whole measure out and replace it with the other. Same with the other dies...
Just the way we decided we wanted to do it.
Same reason I bought a second LnL and set it up as a dedicated small primer press. My son says when he decides to load for 9mm, he will buy another measure to dedicate to that caliber, so that we don't need to adjust the one set up for .357Mag.
The cost for separate Hornady LnL powder measures isn't that great at MidSouth...I think it was somewhere around $140 with tax and shipping.
I have a Dillon 550 that is waiting for a bench to be mounted to that will be used for large primer revolver loading of our preferred general purpose loads. If I think it's easier to switch out powder measures on it, that's the way we will do it on the Dillon as well.
I have no experience with Dillon presses, so it's entirely possible that we may find it easier to adjust the powder measure for each caliber. We shall see...
It will be my son's decision, he does all of the large batch reloading on the progressive presses.
I do the small batch(less than 500 rounds) and load development rounds on one of my RockChuckers.
Being retired, I have the time to do it that way and I enjoy it. My son works a lot, so he needs to be able to crank out a lot of ammunition in a short period of time so he runs the progressives and he really likes reloading his own ammunition especially for the semi automatic handguns.
Anyway... that's how we divided up the reloading tasks, so that we both are doing part of it. They are on separate benches, so we don't get in each other's way when we are both in the reloading room.