I have my list together of what I want to order as soon as the press comes back in stock. I already have a Dillon 550b setup for like 10 or 12 calibers. I have found myself lately loading WAY more precision and using the damn thing as a single stage and hand trickling the damn powder, etc... so I decided to just bite the bullet, so to speak, and get setup for single stage precision reloading. Also the Dillon 550b is setup at my dads house which is about 45 minute drive away from me so its becoming a pain to drive all the way over there to reload. We have never really reloaded for precision except for the .308 and that is arguable that we are even getting good precision out of the damn thing. Everything we load for is volume so its a different mindset for me to move into precision.
Ok here is my list:
Forster Co-ax
RCBS Chargemaster
Thumblers Tumbler
Forster Ultra Micrometer .308 dies
Forster Ultra Micrometer .223 dies
Forster Ultra Micrometer 300blk dies(already have these)
Lee Autoprime hand primer tool: not set on the Lee Autoprime. I dont want to handle each individual primer so something like the Sinclair tool is out. I may just continue to use the Dillon 550b for primer seating as it does a dang good job, but I would like to have a hand primer on hand. Is the RCBS hand primer tool better at twice the price of the Lee?
Lee FCD's for each caliber(already have 300blk)-probably wont use these all the time, but they are cheap and I would like to have them on hand. Loading for both bolt and semi guns for each caliber.
That is the bulk of what I am going to get. Still need to come up with the odds and ends.
We have the Wilson case gauges for .223 and .308, but I am not sure how "precision" oriented they are OR if that really matters for setting a sizing die.
Also I think I want to move from OAL measurement to ogive measurement so I need a suggestion for this. I think I have seen the Hornady tool being recommended, but I dont know since I have no experience with them.
Also have to get a micrometer, probably snag a digital one. I have a Dillon dial now(at my dads house) and it seems to be good, might just snag another Dillon, but I might like to move to something digital.
Any reason to have a beam scale with the RCBS Chargemaster?
On the Dillon I have the RT1200 electric trimmer and I think I will just continue to use that since its not like you have to trim cases after every loading(at least i personally dont think you need to).
Anything else I am missing or that you all would get?
Ok here is my list:
Forster Co-ax
RCBS Chargemaster
Thumblers Tumbler
Forster Ultra Micrometer .308 dies
Forster Ultra Micrometer .223 dies
Forster Ultra Micrometer 300blk dies(already have these)
Lee Autoprime hand primer tool: not set on the Lee Autoprime. I dont want to handle each individual primer so something like the Sinclair tool is out. I may just continue to use the Dillon 550b for primer seating as it does a dang good job, but I would like to have a hand primer on hand. Is the RCBS hand primer tool better at twice the price of the Lee?
Lee FCD's for each caliber(already have 300blk)-probably wont use these all the time, but they are cheap and I would like to have them on hand. Loading for both bolt and semi guns for each caliber.
That is the bulk of what I am going to get. Still need to come up with the odds and ends.
We have the Wilson case gauges for .223 and .308, but I am not sure how "precision" oriented they are OR if that really matters for setting a sizing die.
Also I think I want to move from OAL measurement to ogive measurement so I need a suggestion for this. I think I have seen the Hornady tool being recommended, but I dont know since I have no experience with them.
Also have to get a micrometer, probably snag a digital one. I have a Dillon dial now(at my dads house) and it seems to be good, might just snag another Dillon, but I might like to move to something digital.
Any reason to have a beam scale with the RCBS Chargemaster?
On the Dillon I have the RT1200 electric trimmer and I think I will just continue to use that since its not like you have to trim cases after every loading(at least i personally dont think you need to).
Anything else I am missing or that you all would get?