Mike P Wagner
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- Apr 2, 2018
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I am drawing close to retirement and hope to get back into shooting and reloading. Years ago, I reloaded 45 Colt for my Ruger Blackhawk, and really enjoyed the process. I actually enjoyed the relaoding enough that a shooting friend claimed that I wasn’t “shooting” when I went to range, I was just emptying out cartridges so I could reload them.
In those days, I reloaded with a Lyman turret press.
As I think about getting into reloading again, as am thinking of move in to a progressive press. I think that I learned a lot from the turret press, but I would like to move on for 2 reasons: the first is spee,d and the second is taht I really like mechincal machines - seeing all of the linkages, and how they get the job done. I a retiring from a career in software, and it’s really nice to see how problems are using physical mechanisms.
I am looking at the Hornady LnL AP and the RCBS Pro Chucker 5 (only because the Pro Chucker 7 is out of my price range right now). I am leaning toward the RCBS press, mostly because it looks like more expamdable - it looks like I can convert the Pro Chucker 5 to a Pro Chucker 7 if I ever want to t in the future for under $300.
I would plan to start with 5 stations - resize/de-prime, powder measure with through expander, RCBS (poweder check) lockout die, bullet seating die, and crimp die. I felt as though I had the best experience with re-loading 45 Colt with separate bullet seat and crimper dies.
At some point in the future, if I want to add a bullet feed die, I could get the Pro Chucker 7 conversion kit, and I’d have a place for the bullet feed die.
From what I can tell, it looks like the first versions of the Pro Chuckers came with a primer feed system that had issues, but they have fixed that problem. Does anyone have experience with that fix? Has the problem been corrected?
I did notice something odd about pricing. It looks like I can get the Pro Chucker 5 for under $400 on sale various places (I think I saw one for $379), and it looks like I can get a conversion kit for $285 on eBay. That makes buying a Pro Chucker 5 + a conversion kit over $100 cheaper than a Pro Chucker 7. That doens’t make sense to me. Am I mis-reading prices or something like that?
In those days, I reloaded with a Lyman turret press.
As I think about getting into reloading again, as am thinking of move in to a progressive press. I think that I learned a lot from the turret press, but I would like to move on for 2 reasons: the first is spee,d and the second is taht I really like mechincal machines - seeing all of the linkages, and how they get the job done. I a retiring from a career in software, and it’s really nice to see how problems are using physical mechanisms.
I am looking at the Hornady LnL AP and the RCBS Pro Chucker 5 (only because the Pro Chucker 7 is out of my price range right now). I am leaning toward the RCBS press, mostly because it looks like more expamdable - it looks like I can convert the Pro Chucker 5 to a Pro Chucker 7 if I ever want to t in the future for under $300.
I would plan to start with 5 stations - resize/de-prime, powder measure with through expander, RCBS (poweder check) lockout die, bullet seating die, and crimp die. I felt as though I had the best experience with re-loading 45 Colt with separate bullet seat and crimper dies.
At some point in the future, if I want to add a bullet feed die, I could get the Pro Chucker 7 conversion kit, and I’d have a place for the bullet feed die.
From what I can tell, it looks like the first versions of the Pro Chuckers came with a primer feed system that had issues, but they have fixed that problem. Does anyone have experience with that fix? Has the problem been corrected?
I did notice something odd about pricing. It looks like I can get the Pro Chucker 5 for under $400 on sale various places (I think I saw one for $379), and it looks like I can get a conversion kit for $285 on eBay. That makes buying a Pro Chucker 5 + a conversion kit over $100 cheaper than a Pro Chucker 7. That doens’t make sense to me. Am I mis-reading prices or something like that?