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wncchester · April 18, 2009, 07:39 PM

"Hands down the best press for a beginner is the Lee Classic Turret press."

It's perhaps the best multi-hole press currently available at any price. One of the best period, excepting the single stage Forster CoAx and Redding Ultramags and those are VASTLY over built and expensive for reloading any hangun cartridge!

The Classic Turret has a simple auto-index head that can easily be disabled so you can use it as a single stage until you get your feet on the ground. Then add the indexing parts and use it for all time! It's plenty fast unless you load and shoot more than perhaps 3 hundred rounds a range trip so no much more expensive progressive is worth its price, IMHO. But, if you ARE going to shoot 300+ rounds a week, you would surely benefit from a progressive.

April 18, 2009, 07:39 PM	#14
wncchester Senior Member Join Date: December 1, 2002 Posts: 2,832	"Hands down the best press for a beginner is the Lee Classic Turret press." It's perhaps the best multi-hole press currently available at any price. One of the best period, excepting the single stage Forster CoAx and Redding Ultramags and those are VASTLY over built and expensive for reloading any hangun cartridge! The Classic Turret has a simple auto-index head that can easily be disabled so you can use it as a single stage until you get your feet on the ground. Then add the indexing parts and use it for all time! It's plenty fast unless you load and shoot more than perhaps 3 hundred rounds a range trip so no much more expensive progressive is worth its price, IMHO. But, if you ARE going to shoot 300+ rounds a week, you would surely benefit from a progressive.