With jcsabolt-2's thread on the best progressive press. I'm thinking more in the line of the turret type press. And have been thinking about the Redding T-7 in the near future. The price is right, and I'm not needing to load 1000's of rounds at the same time. So the progressive would seem to be an expensive over-kill for me. Have any of you had any experiance with the T-7 yet? So far I've gone Redding with most all my reloading equipment, the rest being RCBS.

Phil

Boy is mine an unqualified answer, but that has never stopped me before. I have a single stage Redding Ultramag that I use on everything. Personally, I don't see the need for a turret press.

I'm in the same position as you as far as numbers. If I needed to load a whole bunch, like 500 or more, I would have a progressive press like one of the Dillons. I have gotten pretty good at setting up my dies quickly and the turret really has no appeal to me for anything a couple of hundred loads at a time or so.

With all that being said, if I was going to get a turret, the Redding would be my first choice. There products have always appeared superior to the other offerings that I have used.

Allright, I'll jump-in too

Like Phil and Longbob, I don't load 500 rounds at a sitting either. More like 50 - 150 at a time. So, I didn't need a progressive/turret press, but I have a Lyman T-Mag II turret press for the simple reason of consistancy. Every die set I use is mounted, adjusted and ready to rock at any time. No adjustments, no switching back to another die, no eternal adjusting. At worst, I have to tweek the seating die, but that is a matter of a quarter turn of the seater plug in either direction.

I have all my dies mounted in die plates. Changing a die plate can be done in one minute. I can't speak of other brands, but the Lyman press is made very well and provides exellent repeatability with plate changes.

You can typically fit at least two sets on a plate unless you have specialized, custom dies like I have for the .32 H&R mag. I have differant sizing dies depending on the size of the bullet I'm using at the time. Plus, I have a Lee AutoPrime II mounted that I use for all the calibers I load.

I think it's a sweet set-up, especially when you consider seating and crimping consistancy. It's also VERY convenient as well.

I'd be "hard-pressed" (sorry ! ) to go to a single-station press !!

Just my opinion.