any way to to resize, trim, and load in one progressive press?

[westcoastr]

I'm gearing up to reload as I am burning through ammo at an alarming rate so cost control is important.

after working up an fairly accurate load (nothing fancy-do not want to spead time on extra accuracy steps) my main goal is to spead as little time as possible in front of press and more time at range, hunting and with the family. thus i will be buying a progessive press. i will be loading some .30-30, but mostly 308 for my FAL and .40S&W in high volumes (400-600/wk total) all for plinking and practice. will add 22-250 and .223 in the future.

Question: there seems no way to lube, resize, remove lube, trim, and then prime, fill and set a bullet in a progressive in one set-up, mabe i'm wrong as I would love to just do it all in one pull of the handle. thus do you guys use a 2nd single stage press for the resize step or do you switch your press over.

Westcoastr

[akajun]

Not realy but you can get close.

Buy a dillon 550, its easier to change dies on it than a 650. Buy the size n trim attatchment for it that trims, deburrs, and chamfers during the sizing operation.

Lube with one of the spray on lubes such as Hornady ONe Shot or the Midway spray and size. Then when your done loading, you just have to wipe off the ammo with a handtowel.

Thats about as close as you can get.

[westcoastr]

Originally posted by akajun

Buy a dillon 550, its easier to change dies on it than a 650. Buy the size n trim attatchment for it that trims, deburrs, and chamfers during the sizing operation.


maybe i missed something but I thought the Dillon power trimmer (1200b) only trims and you still need to remove the case to deburr and chamfered.....not sure how important the deburr and chamfer steps are, maybe some releads can get away with not doing them....?

[daschnoz]

RCBS has their X-Die line. That may be what you're looking for.

http://www.midwayusa.com/eproductpage.exe/productview?saleitemid=789631&t=11082005

[mj2evans]

Get a Gracey trimmer, it trims/chamfers/deburs all at one. You can go cheap and power it with a hand drill. Its a separate piece of equipment but it is truely worth the money.

Get Dillon spary lube (squirt bottle). You can make your own from liquid lanolin (to to healthfood store) and alcohol even cheaper.

These two items have greatly increased my reloading rate on rifle rounds.

[bykerhd]

Get a Dillon Square Deal for the .40 S & W. Used if you can find a decent deal. Great little press and you'll be able to crank out ammo at an alarming rate. No need to get too fancy with the pistol brass to get reasonable accuracy.

You're talking about a lot of steps to try to accomplish on existing loaders using fired rifle cases. Even for new brass. Seems like you will either have to be changing around set-ups a lot, use a turret press or maybe have a couple Dillon or Hornady progressive loaders going. I haven't used the Hornady press with the Lock-N-Load but am using the conversion and bushings in an RCBS Rockchucker. Slick set-up for fast die changes. Kind of eliminates the need for a turret press.

[HillBilly2]

I second donttellthewife on getting components now. They are getting much harder to find and more expensive as well.
I too have a 650, and my procedure is similar. I just squirt some lube on the cases in the shell feeder, wait a few seconds and then a second squirt. I am using two heads, one for case prep and one for loading, gotta run em thru twice, but the first one is about as fast as you can work the handle. What slows me down more than anything is loading the primer tubes. I've come to look forward to those breaks, as its my rest period. Load 3 hundred rounds, take a break and refill the tubes....