"I have to disagree with the above poster, the RCBS Rock Chucker is the best single stage there is, Period.... "
Say Lee and those who bleed green leap out. I have and use an RC II but I'm not blind. The Lee Classic Cast (all steel, not cheaper, weaker cast iron) is the superior press, regardless of cost. And the Classic Cast is entirely made in the USA, not China. Anyone who thinks the RC is the definition of a quality, massive press simply hasn't used a Forster Co-Ax or a Redding Ultra Max. Or a Lee Classic Cast.
But loading handgun ammo places little real stress on a press, anything out there will do quite nicely. Even one of the little Lee aluminum framed "Reloader" presses would be good enough, right?
And, serously, unless someone loads tens of thousands of handgun rounds a year, the tiny "Reloader" press, which sells new for something like $30, will last a LOONG time! I have two sitting near my RC, one with a universal decapper and the other has a Lee Auto Prime 2. Love 'em.
When I got my dial indicator and magnetic base some years back, one of the first things I did was measure my RC's top deflection under the pressure of FL sizing .30-06. It sprung some .003", not much but really more than I had expected.
Then, just for fun, I repeated the test on both of the little "Reloader" presses with the same dies, same batch of cases. Wow, to my surprise, neither press moved the needle on the .001" reading dial enough to measure! And, no, I'm not saying they are stronger than my much bigger, cast iron RC, but within the limits of their strength they ARE more rigid than the RC! So, no one can truthfully say they, or their bigger red brothers, are "junk", can they?
Nor that the RCBS "Partner" presses are junk either. Or...does that matter ???
